Last week, in The Division of the Land, Part B, we learned that we need to be thankful for what God's blessings and stop looking around for something better. We need to claim what God has promised us as our own, and take it in His power, rather than looking around for...
The book of Judges is a rather depressing book about how the children of Israel just keep sinking deeper and deeper into sin and wandering farther and farther away from God. Initially the people sank into idolatry and they were overtaken by Aram, but when the people...
Last week, in God Guides, Part 1, we looked at a striking example of how God guides, even with the little stuff, in the story of how we decided to get a kitten, what kind of a kitten, and from where. But it wasn't until we looked back at the timing if it all that we...
It was Election Day for our local municipalities. As I drove into one of the local towns this morning, I was shocked to see election candidates, surrounded by their supporters, standing on busy street corners. Young children who should have been in school were jumping...
Names of places in Quebec, the French province in Canada, are very descriptive. Or so we would learn, as we trudged to the top of Mont Erable (Mount Maple) in Le Parc National des Hautes Gorges de la Rivière Malbaie - Literally translater, "The National Park of the...
When was the last time you really contemplated what Jesus suffered at the cross? If you are like me, I don't particularly like to think too much about it. I mean, He suffered in my place! It isn't a pleasant thought! Tomorrow marks the beginning of Lent, a time of...
In GOD GUIDES, Parts 1 and 2, I told the story of how God cares enough to give us guidance every step of every decision we have to make. All we have to do is ask. And in the end, His timing is ALWAYS right! But though we had finally made the decision to purchase a...
"Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed. But just as every good promise of the Lord your God has come true, so the Lord will bring on you all the evil he has threatened, until he has destroyed you from this good land he has given you. If you violate the...
Last week, in MOUNTAIN TOP EXPERIENCES, Part 1, we asked a number of questions about God's love, and why bad things happen to God's people. This week we will look at the first of these questions: Can it be that it is especially in the "valleys" of our lives that we...
Last week, in THE SUFFERINGS OF JESUS, Part 1, we learned from Jesus' garden experience that we can't always run from problems. We need to strengthen ourselves in prayer, and then meet them head-on! The focus of today's lesson centers around the suffering Jesus...