Wait!

Usually when wait, we are anticipating something. Waiting at the airport for a plane to arrive. Waiting for a red stop light to turn green. Waiting in a long line to be served. But lately I’ve felt God telling me to wait on Him, but for what I’m not sure. How can one wait for […]

Regaining Your Sight in the Darkness

He was in darkness, unable to see what was in front of him. He had heard about this man, and now he was passing by him. What did he have to lose? “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me (Mark 10:47, NASB)!” He cried out. Even though many of the people told him to […]

Sunday Praise

My heart is steadfast, O God;I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.Awake, harp and lyre;I will awaken the dawn!I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the peoples,And I will sing praises to You among the nations.For Your lovingkindness is great above the heavens,And Your truth reaches to the skies.Be […]

The Motives Behind Our Prayers

One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!” – Luke 23:39, NASB “And us!” Two words spoken by one of the criminals crucified with Jesus who was “hurling abuse” at Jesus. Those two words reveal a lot about the motive […]

When God Doesn’t Meet Our Expectations.

He was simply doing what God called him to do, but it seemed so far nothing was going the way he expected. By the time we read about Moses’ return to Egypt to free the Israelites from Pharaoh in Exodus 5, he has caused them to endure harsher labor. “Then Moses returned to the LORD […]

Sunday Praise

Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name;Make known His deeds among the peoples.Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;Speak of all His wonders.Glory in His holy name;Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad. – Psalm 105:1-3, NASB

Empathy Out of Trial

There are moments following a trial or traumatic situation that a sliver of revelation emerges, a small signal of some good that might come out of it. It’s hard to see any good in a trial, particularly when you’re in the middle of it year after year with no hope. Yet that moment appears that […]

Why Did You Pick Me?

But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?” – Exodus 3:11, NASB Exactly who are you when God calls you to do something that you seem ill-equipped to handle? As a believer in Jesus, you can be […]

Sunday Praise

Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth;Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre,With the lyre and the sound of melody.With trumpets and the sound of the hornShout joyfully before the King, the LORD.Let the sea roar and all it contains,The world and those who dwell […]

The Two Sides of Fear

Both of them saw the power of God through Jesus. Both became fearful after witnessing Jesus’ miracles, but how they responded was very different. It’s often how people still respond to Jesus today. In Luke 8:22-25, the disciples were traveling across a lake when a fierce gale met them. They see Jesus sleeping in the […]