God promises to guide us. Why then, is it sometimes so hard to … ask?
The Big Ask
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Guidance
God at Work in History
Both on an individual scale and on a mass scale, God is calling each of us to spread the gospel…
All Nations
"Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You! (Psalm 67:4-5 ESV)God will "judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon...
The Inspiration
Even though you’ve regularly seen a devotional written by me each Saturday in the Nugget, these do no weekly flow as to when they are written. Sometimes God gives me all kinds of material, and 5 or 6 devotionals flow out in a couple days. Other times, nothing. And...
At a Crossroad
It was the Summer of my 16th year. I was 2000 miles away from home and my heart was aching. I had traveled from the mountains of West Virginia to the great plains of Iowa. I was with a group of boys touring a Seminary college. When the trip had first started I was...
Advent Devotions: On the Right Path
"After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the Child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy." (Matthew 2:9-10...
Advent Devotions: Wisdom
"But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, 'Rise, take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the Child's life are dead.' And he rose and took the Child and His mother and...
Beware of Pressures
"When people are bewildered, they tend to become gullible." (CALVIN COOLIDGE 1872–1933)Nothing is stranger than the gullibility of the average citizen. We can be persuaded into accepting almost any absurdity presented to us, provided it has sufficient emphasis from...
Dependency? Submission? You’re Really Asking THAT of Me?
I wasn't going to write a devotional this morning. I didn't feel motivated, and besides, I didn't know what to write about (and as I begin this, I still don't!). But God had different ideas. He appears to want to give me a lesson in total submission and dependence,...
Inspiration
"For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say." (Luke 12:12 ESV)"When the spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to...