How is your soul? These are dangerous times. Spiritually, emotionally, and even physically, we are tested to the brink of our limit. This (corona) virus is draining the spiritual vitality out of us all…. I can only speak for myself. But I am tired constantly. I have been tired before, but at least there were ups […]
Genesis 3:8– And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presenceof the Lord God among the trees of the garden. One way I’ve tried to explain “hearing the voice of God” to my kids was for them to […]
One of the hardest things to do is waiting. Especially, when we don’t know how long we have to wait. Whenever I go to a doctor’s office, for example, I make sure to pack my laptop with me since I don’t know how long I have to wait. One of the reasons why it’s hard to […]
Genesis 1:10–God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.Generally people set goals and pursue it so they can then celebrate. But we can also torture ourselves by failing to celebrate our progress until we complete that goal…Not realizing the Lord’s grace in progress, […]
We have witnessed in the last several weeks that one man can divide a nation and lead many who are otherwise decent and intelligent people to side with him, demonizing the other side. And this is true also from the other side of the party line as well! (After all, it takes two to tango…)Never […]
2 Chronicles 32:24-26-In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death, and he prayed to the Lord, and he answered him and gave him a sign. 25 But Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem. Honestly I […]
Happy early Thanksgiving! And what a Thanksgiving it is! We have to do what seems unloving for the sake of love! We, Christians, have been trained to love others by meeting face to face with one another, to dine together, to greet one another with a holy kiss, worship together, and lay hands on one another. […]
Here’s a very sobering story I once heard. Little Bobby and Suzy met in the playground. Bobby was into playing cards and Suzy was into marbles. But when Bobby saw Suzy’s marbles, he really liked them. And Suzy really liked Bobby’s playing cards. So, they decided to swap. But they decided to swap not only […]
Luke 9:12-Now the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place.” Echoing what PH preached last Sunday regarding “Pandemic fatigue”, where society at large has become […]
There are certain things we must force ourselves to do. If we only did what our heart desired, it would kill us! That is because our heart is evil! The world tells us to follow our heart. We tell our children to do things only if they want to. This would be fine if our heart […]