I've recently been in awe over the fact that my God is very, very big: "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." (Rev. 22:13 NET). What this means is: 1. God is all powerful: "Oh, Lord GOD, you did indeed make heaven and earth...
What was I thinking? I only taught him half a lesson. I held my 6-year-old grandson’s face in my hands. "Sweet boy. Before you go into a room and the door is closed, you need to knock, OK?” I felt his head nod between my hands. Later on, he followed my new rule. After...
Last Thursday, in "How Big is our God, Part 1", we saw that no matter what we are going through, our God is bigger. The reason our circumstances seem larger than God is that we focus on them instead of on Him. The solution for keeping them in their proper perspective...
In the second part of our series on significance of the great small Nation Israel to all Biblical students, we focus on it being a sign to the whole World of God's existence... Sign... About 300 years ago, the King of Sweden was having personal doubts about God's...
It is quiz time folks! Name the fourth element in the nine-fold Fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23). Of course, the first three-Love, Joy and Peace- reel off our mouth instantly but the fourth one (very vital one at that) doesn't come to our mind just as easily. Well,...
It was a somber time in Israel's history. The Ark of the Covenant had been taken captive and was being held by the enemy, the Philistines, and God's high priest Eli was dead, as were his two sons, Hophni and Phineas. For all appearances, God was gone from Israel. But...
"Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight." (Hebrews 4:13) We were on the back porch. A holiday morning, not much stirring yet. I was slowly waking, cradling a steaming mug of coffee, when my husband asked, "Do you see what's in the tree?" I strained to...
It was four in the morning when it happened. I couldn't sleep, and I finally just got up. I had just picked up my new cell phone the day before, my first "smart" phone, and I decided to play with it a bit. Maybe it would help me go to sleep! I started out to try and...
The following devotional is the second in a short series focusing on Daniel 2: Nebuchadnezzar's vision of the great statue of gold, silver, bronze, iron, and clay. "During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of...
The following devotional is the fourth in a short series focusing on Daniel 2: Nebuchadnezzar's vision of the great statue of gold, silver, bronze, iron, and clay. "The king said to Daniel, 'Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of...