"And the ransomed of the Lord will return. They will enter Zion with singing; EVERLASTING JOY will crown their heads. Gladness and signing will flee away." (Isaiah 35:10 NIV) In my study of early church history, one of the most fascinating and inspiring stories of...
“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done. An angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him.” (Luke 22:42-43 NIV) A traumatic event in my life many years ago led me to pray these simple but difficult words of...
"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matthew 5:21 NIV) "Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it." (Luke 17:32-33 NIV) During the summer of ’76 and soon after graduating high...
"All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel. But Stephen full of the Holy Spirit looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God. Look, he said, I see heaven open and the son of Man standing...
"The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen." (Exodus 14:18 NIV) "Among the gods there is none like You O Lord; no deeds can compare with Yours. All the nations You have made will come and worship before...
"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree; as soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door." (Matthew 24:32-33) Last summer, to my regret, the fig...
"You asked, Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge? Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me. You said, Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me. My ears have heard of You but now my...
'For this I came into the world, to testify to the truth, everyone on the side of truth listens to me. What is truth? Pilate asked. With this he went out again to the Jews and said; I find no basis for a charge against him.” (John 18:37-38 NIV) “My sheep listen to my...