Doing What He Says
December 29 "Unless he obeys, a man cannot believe." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer "If you know that God loves you, you should never question a directive from Him. It will always be right and best. When He gives you a directive, you are not just to observe it, discuss it, or debate ...
Posted on: Dec. 29, 2011, 5:12 p.m.
Emmanuel -- God With Us
December 22 "One of two things you must do; you must either receive Him or reject Him. You receive Him here and He will receive you there; you reject Him here and He will reject you there." -D. L. Moody Anna. Rarely will you see her in a Christmas play. ...
Posted on: Dec. 22, 2011, 11:47 a.m.
Wise Men Still Seek Him
December 14 "If you're sincerely seeking God, God will make His existence evident to you." -William Lane Craig A manger. The baby Jesus. Mary. Joseph. A star. No Christmas play would be complete without the three wise men. Matthew records the amazing story of the "Magi" who "after Jesus was ...
Posted on: Dec. 14, 2011, 7:36 p.m.
Impossibilities
December 7 "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as an impossible situation." -Chuck Swindoll "I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done." -Hudson Taylor "Triumphant prayer ...
Posted on: Dec. 7, 2011, 5:05 p.m.
The Secret Place
November 16 - November 21 "Prayer is self-discipline. The effort to realize the presence and power of God stretches the sinews of the soul and hardens muscles. To pray is to grow in grace. To tarry in the presence of the King leads to new loyalty and devotion on the ...
Posted on: Nov. 16, 2011, 12:20 p.m.
Seeing God
November 1 - November 7 "Open my eyes, that I may behold wonderful things..." Psalm 119:18 By the "createdness" of things, man knows there is a God... Too often we fail to see God. We miss out on seeing the sacred that He has placed right in front of us. ...
Posted on: Nov. 1, 2011, 5:11 p.m.
How's Your Heart?
September 13 - September 19 "The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the potential capacity of the human heart." A. W. Tozer — The Pursuit of God Google "Heart Health" and over 556,000,000 sites pop up. That's 556 million. Read just a few of those articles ...
Posted on: Sept. 13, 2011, 6:48 p.m.
God... 'Thank You'
August 23 - August 29 "We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day. We might begin; we could never end; there are not pens or paper enough in all the world." -George A. Buttrick ...
Posted on: Aug. 13, 2011, 11:47 a.m.
Don't Be So Jammed Up!
August 18 - August 22 "He who breathes into our hearts the heavenly hope, will not deceive or fail us when we press forward to its realization." -Anonymous Economic unrest. Job loss. Illness. Wars. The deaths of precious lives. Uncertainty of the future. Panic. Fear. Anxiety. Worry. These must have ...
Posted on: Aug. 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.
Forget and be Fruitful
August 9 - August 15 "The past isn't your past if it is still affecting your present." A personal past. We all have one. And sometimes they are not very glorious. In some cases, painful pasts are consequences of our own bad choices. Self-inflicted wounds. Often however, the heartache from ...
Posted on: Aug. 9, 2011, 5:05 p.m.
Look Up
February 1, 2012 When it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. -G. K. Chesterton The devil is not terribly frightened of our human efforts and credentials. But he knows his kingdom will be damaged when we begin to lift ...
Posted on: Feb. 1, 2012, 10:57 a.m.