Hello from Minneapolis again! We are done with the conference and I’m sitting on a bench in Minneapolis Airport writing this devotional. Thank you for praying for us. We have survived the -27 degree arctic weather and on our way home. There were over 2,000 pastors at this conference. Many excellent speakers and seminar leaders […]
Psalm 69:6-7–Let not those who hope in you be put to shame through me, O Lord God of hosts; let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel. 7 For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face. There […]
Hello from Minneapolis! Pastor Eldie and I got here late last night for the pastor’s conference. Yes, it was freezing, and it’s supposed to get even colder tonight (in the negatives!). As we were driving in our rental car into the twin cities, I faintly remember the skyline from years ago when I used to […]
Numbers 22:23–And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road. Discipline of any kind can be narrowed down to […]
Some of the most atrocious things that happened in history are a sign that God will one day judge the world. The Holocaust is an example of what God will do to those who reject Him. Please don’t hear me as saying that God is against a particular nation or a people group. (I am […]
It is sometimes lonely to be Christian. There aren’t many walking with you. And even those who used to walk with you are no longer. At times, a thought comes, “Am I in this alone? Why should I keep going when no one else is?” I do find consolation in the fact that the Bible […]
Numbers 20:8–“Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water. So you shall bring water out of the rock for them and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.” If you think about why we should read the Bible as […]
Young adults and youth went skiing/snowboarding yesterday. I asked some young adults to help with the youths who were first-timers. I knew how difficult that would be since they had to stay behind with the beginners and not be able to enjoy the mountain like you want to. And yet, they stayed with the youths […]
God delights to forgive you of your sins! Have you thought of it that way? I knew God forgives sins but I used to think He did it begrudgingly while rolling His eyes. “That again? How many times do I have to forgive you of that same sin? But my Son did die for you, […]
Hebrews 13:3–Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. What I never forgot growing up amidst a “marginalized community”, was the mentality of many of the people trying to find something that separated them as “better than” those in […]