The commercial for the newest Samsung phone arrested the attention of my 6-year-old grandson, and for the past couple days he has been suggesting that I upgrade. Just to pump the brakes on his insistence, I finally agreed to get it – but with the following condition: “Ok,” I said, “we’ll go to the store… Read More »

Sometimes we pray for people but then we act as if the results are up to us.  It is a blessing to remember that we have been called into fellowship with Him as He does His work on earth. We’ve been invited by Him to join Him on His job.  But let us remember it… Read More »

“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God… My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God” (Psalm 42:1-2; 84:2) Many of our… Read More »

     When I was a new believer, one of the most helpful and practical things I was taught that helped develop my relationship with the Lord was to have a morning “quiet time” as it was called. It is just a private devotional time consisting of reading the Scriptures, praying, and maybe singing a… Read More »

I was asked, why is God’s time so different than man’s. God graciously abides with us in time, but He also exists outside of it. Time was created by God for us to give us a sense of perspective and order. Otherwise, living our lives would be like flying continually in a cloud with no… Read More »

The vision of knowing Christ better is the most fascinating, transforming and blossoming personal growth experience I have ever had. I can see why Paul would pray for the beloved church at Ephesus, “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and… Read More »

“Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol Him, all you peoples. For great is His love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD” (Psalm 117:1-2).   You are never lost, even when you don’t know your way.   Your prayers are not forgotten, even when you don’t remember them.… Read More »

When my car is in the shop and I borrow my wife’s car, if its half full when I take it, I bring it back with a full tank. Not because that was expected but because I love her. Our grandson jumped out of our bed and left our bedroom, returning a few moments later… Read More »

“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one” (John 17:5). The evil one lives to undermine our confidence in God’s love and faithfulness towards us in Christ. When adversity strikes, he wastes no time pointing the finger at God as having let… Read More »

“I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of My joy within them” (John 17:13).   Christian joy is a sensation of great pleasure in the soul, produced by the Holy Spirit, as He causes us to… Read More »