I long for a day when I would be free from sin. Not only from my own sin but also from the sins of those around me. I hate what it does in me and in the people that I love. Thanks to be God! That day is coming!Many times in a span of just […]
I have a different perspective on America than most people who were born and raised here. For the first 14 years of my life, I grew up only hearing about America from far away. To me, America was heaven on earth. It’s a place where people were giants, beautiful, and everything in it was ideal. And […]
What difference does God’s sovereignty make if we still have to work to make His will come true in my life and in the world? That’s the question that plagued me for several years. Ever since I became a Christian, the question of God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility has been swirling around me. And I know […]
It is NOT true that God will never give you what you cannot handle. God often brings what we cannot handle to our lives. Why? So that we will not be self-sufficient – the ultimate form of atheism – but we will rely on the Lord. However, it is critical how we respond when we […]
How are you specifically relying on the Lord? What are you doing that only makes sense if you are living by faith? If you can’t think of anything, you might claim yourself to be a Christian, but you are not pleasing to the Lord. (Hebrews 11:6)Asa was a king of Judah (the Southern part of […]
‘Tis the season for graduations. For the last 25 years or so, I’ve been going to graduations around this time of the year. This year is no exception. Every year I get to witness a chapter in life closing and another chapter beginning for these graduates. However, there will come a day when we will graduate […]
As a math teacher, when I have a student who gets a good grade on a test even though he didn’t work for it but because he “guessed” well, I get frustrated. I feel like he didn’t deserve the good grade he got. My feeling is not one of gladness for his good grade, although […]
Yesterday, we witnessed two young men commit themselves to follow Jesus by getting baptized. I can’t over-emphasize how significant an event that is! It is far more significant than any president winning the election, or a football team winning the Superbowl, or even a brand new planet starting to form! I know you think I’m exaggerating, […]
It is good to have God’s word near. If you are reading this, consider yourself blessed. Not because you are reading my devotional, but you have the word of God near you, which will protect you from being destroyed. King Josiah “discovers” the word of God in the temple that had been neglected for years. Once he reads, […]
Our problem is not that we do not worship God – we do! – but that we worship other gods as well. We may worship God on Sundays but we worship money, family, and entertainment during the week. This was the problem with the Israelites. They worshipped God as only one of many gods. The Israelites secretly […]