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 […]

Germinating Faith

Growing up on a farm, I was familiar with all the work we did to get ready for spring. We would purchase seed and fertilizer, check the planting equipment, and prepare the soil for planting. Yet for all the work we did, we could not force the seeds to germinate and grow according to our […]

Sunday Praise

Sing to the LORD a new song;Sing to the LORD, all the earth.Sing to the LORD, bless His name;Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day.Tell of His glory among the nations,His wonderful deeds among all the peoples. – Psalm 96:1-3, NASB

When God Does Deliver

When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered as much as he should eat. – Exodus 16:18 And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of what was left over […]

When God Doesn’t Deliver

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

O come, let us sing for joy to the LORD,Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving,Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.For the LORD is a great GodAnd a great King above all gods. – Psalm 95:1-3, NASB

Deaf to God’s Word

They were so discouraged, so beaten down that they could not comprehend that freedom from their trials was at hand. They held a deaf ear to God’s word and the hope it contained. They were so used to living without hope, that it was hard to receive encouragement. Can you relate to that or do […]

Unplanned, Planned Events

The blessing of living more than sixty years is that I’ve had the opportunity to witness God act in some very unexpected ways. So many times I have been astounded by how certain events unfolded. There were times I questioned God, but his wisdom proved right in the long run. When I read Esther 6, […]

Sunday Praise

It is good to give thanks to the LORD and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning and Your faithfulness by night, with the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, with resounding music upon the lyre.For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what You […]