When you look at the people around you, what do you see? Do you see them in terms of whether they would benefit you or not? Do you see them as nuisance or annoyance? Or do you see them as sinners who are perishing? How you feel about them says much about your spirituality. It […]

2 Peter 1:19-And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,   What if I asked you what are you hoping for, and why are […]

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 […]