"Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7 NIV) My body groaned as I spit the powdery stuff out of my mouth. What on earth was I doing with snow in my mouth? Why was I lying on such a cold floor? Why was I lying...
John 12: 37 "But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him" Sometimes it is hard to understand why people do not believe and put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. I have heard people say, "But those were His disciples,...
"I lift up my eyes to the hills — where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip — he who watches over you will not slumber; 4 indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep....
Throughout the books of Moses, the people of Israel are promised repeatedly that they will be given the Promised Land, the Land of Canaan: "But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you … No one will be able to stand up against you; you will destroy them." (Deut...
"For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction." (Genesis 41:52 NKJV) [1] In the downtown area there are some beautiful flowers. Some have been planted to beautify the town but some of the prettiest are growing around the bottom of a telephone pole...
"For HE said, 'I will never leave you or ever forsake you'" Hebrews 13: 5 KJIIV. I, until recently, shared my home with two fur-persons, Bonnie and Clyde. I like cats because they are so independent and still so loving. Bonnie and Clyde were totally different in their...
It was hard to believe we had already been in these beautiful mountains for six nights. We had been told that there was no mountain range in the world that compared to the Canadian Rockies, and though our repertoire of mountains is limited, these were definitely the...
I glanced down at the gas gauge for the hundredth time in the past ten minutes. The needle seemed to be plummeting downwards, and with each passing kilometer, it came nearer to its final resting point: "E". Under normal circumstances this might not have been a...
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before...
"Now these are the ordinances which you are to set before them: If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment. If he comes alone, he shall go out alone; if he is the husband of a wife, then...