Christmas Questions
In ten days, we will be celebrating the most significant holiday in history, the incarnation that gives hope to all. Most of us think we know the events leading up to and including the event and what took place after. If you got your information mostly from TV, Christmas songs and Christmas programs you may […]
It’s Supernatural!
In societies like Israel, a woman’s value was largely measured by her ability to bear children. To be without children often resulted in hardships of many kinds as well as public shame. Children were important for the expansion and preservation of one’s family and fulfilling God’s command to fill the earth. That stands […]
God Can Use Anyone
When God intervenes in earthly affairs, he almost always tells someone somehow what he is doing. (Perhaps always, I don’t know.) I do know that God didn’t keep the first Christmas to himself. Who was the first to know? Did you guess the priest Zechariah? He and his wife Elizabeth were known for their personal […]
Appreciation Day
Thanksgiving is a day dedicated to expressing appreciation. A holiday not about us, not about national achievements or victories, but focusing outside ourselves to the only One who is responsible for everything, without exception. Yes, we work hard, achieve great things, many invent things to make life easier and diligence in farming that has resulted […]
The Survivor
You may be familiar with the TV series, Survivor; “a reality-competition featuring a group of contestants deliberately marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide food, water, fire and shelter for themselves.” Of course, the contestants know in advance the challenges they must face and the level of difficulty. I don’t believe anyone would […]
The Unexpected
Two weeks ago, I talked about making lemon-aid out of life’s lemons; when unforeseen storms come out of nowhere, challenges we can’t prepare for blindside us, and now many uncertainties regarding the future. How are we to survive? It begins with an attitude that God is in the present as well as the future. No […]
Lemon Aid
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight You’ve heard it said; When life hands you a lemon, make lemon aid. That’s begging the question, how do you respond to extreme setbacks? Do you explode, implode, go numb, feel […]
Be An Encourager
In any given day we get enough news and have enough experiences that are discouraging. Seldom do we hear good news concerning our society or world. It’s bad news upon bad news. So, like worry, we have a choice about what to focus on and that is worked out through our self-talk. What we tell […]
Overcoming Worry
Last week we saw that we have a choice to worry or not to worry. 1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Cast means to give up or to unload. The cares we are to cast on God are our worries and anxieties. Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they […]
Fear Enslaves
I heard it said recently that two things are needed to bring about socialism to America: fear and free stuff from the government. Sounds like an effective plan. There are many things going on in our world and lives that are causing people to experience uncertainty, dread, fear and isolation. It’s not unusual for people […]