"And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice." (John 10:4-5 NKJV) My husband and I recently had the privilege of visiting with a friend in Quebec City, Canada, and as a result, we had our own, personal...
Do you ever feel like God has abandoned you? Like everything is going good for everyone but you? Like no matter how much or how ardently you seek God, He doesn't hear you, or worse, He doesn't care? Maybe you've had a great sin in your life, and though you've been...
It was summer. That season I always anticipate with great joy and excitement. That season where things warm up and dry up. That season where I don't have to worry about weather concerns when planning my beloved outdoor activities. The season where I have the time to...
"And the Lord said to Moses: 'You are going to rest with your fathers, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them … And I will certainly hide my face...
Many people in the Western world now use GPSs for navigational purposes. It is really a fantastic tool. You set the address or coordinates into the tiny computer, and it tells you what road to take, how many miles or kilometres it is, and even how long it will take...
"Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand." (Isa 64:8 NIV) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" (2 Cor 5:17-18 NIV) One of the questions the continually...
It is easy to convince yourself that God doesn't care about the little things and that we shouldn't even be bothering Him with such trivia. After all, He IS God of the universe. He doesn't have time to worry about every detail of our lives! But God does care about...
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...