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 […]

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 […]