Struggling for Purpose

We struggle for years, working to serve the Lord. Yet there are moments when setbacks can cause us to wonder why we expended so much effort. It can seem like it is wasted. Isaiah expressed this sentiment: “But I said, ‘I have toiled in vain, I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity (Isaiah […]

God’s Word is Truth

Sometimes it is hard to trust God, to believe His Word is true. When we feel the weight of the world on our shoulders, it is difficult to believe the words of Jesus: “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light (Matthew 11:29, NASB).” Yet God is faithful. “Know therefore that the LORD […]

#1 Rest from Weariness

Jesus told us: “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” But how can that be possible?

#9 Who Can Save You?

The account of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego in Daniel 3 provides some interesting parallels to our choice of faith in Jesus or eternal death.

#10 The Seen Unseen

2022 Countdown of the top ten most viewed posts. This post was first published August 9, 2022. What if you could visibly see the presence of the Spirit of God within you? How would it change what you do each day, to have that visible reminder that God is there right with you? In Exodus […]

Appreciating God’s Word

I have been reading Nate Gordon’s book, Airborne at the End of the Earth. It’s a great book filled with stories about Nate’s experience as a pilot working to reach people groups scattered throughout Papua. The stories are moving. Nate writes about experiencing the response of these people groups to receiving God’s word printed in […]

Tearful Sowing

The field looked barren, soil beaten down by many who had trampled it in the past. Its fruit was long gone, taken by the greedy. There was nothing left, no hope of a crop ever producing again. Then I saw him. A man in the distance, walking slowly in the field, waving his hand back […]

The Beauty of Delay

By the time we finally boarded the plane, I wondered if perhaps God would place me next to someone he wanted me to talk to. Maybe the delay was so someone could board the plane?

God Speaks Across Millennia

In the book of Romans, Paul often quoted verses from the Old Testament. It’s amazing to think that the same Word of God that inspired Paul and guided him is the same word that speaks to us today. It also reminds me that we can know scripture well, yet it continues to speak to us […]

The Fragrance of Grace

What a scene it must have been. There Jesus is dining with Lazarus, the man he has just raised from the dead. “Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair (John 12:3, NASB).” The verse goes on to […]