My wife, Janet, scolded one of our children yesterday for complaining about the food. She told her that if she were to utter one more word of complaint, she will not eat. I was watching to see if my daughter would complain again and what Janet would do if she did – if she would […]
Ephesians 2:10-For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. I remember playing high school football and when we watched film, we would call out people who were a “liability” to their team, and they would be the person we would “pick […]
“The human heart is an idol factory,” John Calvin said. I can’t tell you how true that is looking into my own heart. God has given me so much – embarrassingly so, which I deserved none – and yet I am still look for more! How do I know? Because I am not content with […]
“If God loves me, then why am I suffering like this?” This is probably the most often asked question by Christians. I want to give at least one possible answer to it. It is because God is treating you like HIs child. It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you […]
John 7:38-Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” If anyone of us wanted someone to write our biography our hope we be that they get their information from us or people we closely know. That we would feel very “shaky” about someone who […]
Been feeling like a loser lately? Maybe you heard an inspiring story of a great achievement and rather than feeling inspired, you felt like a failure in comparison? Or perhaps it’s your old habit that you’ve succumbed to that makes you think you will never have victory over it? Or maybe it’s a comment someone […]
Psalm 51:4 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. We really can’t glorify God in our life until we consent to Him being the lonely authority as to what is truly wrong […]
A man is dying of thirst in the desert and comes to a water pump. He furiously pumps for water, but nothing but dust. He notices a note on the pump that says, “Underneath this pump is a jar of water. Pour it down the pump to prime and water will come. But you must […]
John 7:1-3-After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. 2 Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand. 3 So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you […]