There was a work bee this morning, out at the barn where my boys and I ride. The place was literally "buzzing" as chain saws cut fence posts to length, skill saws sliced through boards for new stall doors, hammers pounded 4 inch nails into jump standards, and the...
One of the pastors at my church recently said that this must be the era of inflatable lawn ornaments. As I was jogging through my neighbourhood in rural Canada that same evening, it occurred to me that he must be right. So many lawns now display inflatable snowmen,...
"And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, 'It is a spirit'; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, 'Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.' And Peter answered him and said, 'Lord, if it be...
I was driving to a town in southern Ontario when I first heard the song. It had a catchy beat and tune, so I turned up the volume. That's when the words drew me in, the words, deep in meaning, rich in their correcting power: "are we caught in the middle!"* I didn't...
In last week's lesson on faith looking at Hebrews 11:11-12, we learned from Abraham that when God promises something, it is for real. We may not really believe, we may try to take things into our own hands, we may even laugh at God, but in the end, if we believe, God...
(Whether a parent yourself, or a grandparent, an aunt, an uncle, a neighbor, a teacher, a scout leader, or whatever your role in the lives of the children around you, this important series will give you valuable tips on how to influence those kids for the Lord! To...
Last week, in The Wilderness Experience, Part 2, we discovered that the devil will always hit us up with temptation when we are at our weakest. He generally badgers us with one temptation right after another, and one of his favourite, most powerful tools, is doubt. We...
So far in this series, we have learned that Faith is the solution to fear. But where does this faith come from? Most of you will likely have already answered that question in your heads. You are thinking, "Why Faith, like all good things, is a gift of God! It comes...
Last week, in Lessons from Ezekiel's Temple, Part 13A, we discovered that the trickle of water emerging from Ezekiel's temple is a symbol of God's Spirit pouring through us. It then merges with that which pours through other Christians to become a raging torrent that...
I was contemplating the subject of the favour of the Lord yesterday morning, meditating on the fact that the primary way to earn that favour is to be "blameless" in His site ("… the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is...