Like any good, law-abiding citizen, I always do my best to follow the traffic laws. As a result, I haven't received a traffic ticket in -- let's say -- 15 years? And that last ticket was actually for an accident -- one that wasn't even my fault -- not for a...
"In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom." (Dan 1:20) The land of Judah has been ransacked. The Jewish king, Jehoiakim, has...
Dear Prayer partners and fellow believers - Here are some thoughts of encouragement and admonishment the Lord is using right now in my life, inspired by the visions of the prophet Zechariah and the teaching of John MacArthur. I have also included what I feel would be...
As a homeschooling mom who works on the side, time is always of essence, and I am constantly searching for time to get everything done. One day recently, I hit upon a creative solution: Why not train my boys to do some of the simpler household...
“These are the nations the LORD left to TEST ALL OF THOSE ISRAELITES who had not experienced any of the wars in Canaan (HE DID THIS TO TEACH WARFARE TO THE DESCENDANTS OF THE ISRAELITES who had not had previous battle experience): the five rulers of the Philistines,...
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I...
“ . . . Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith . . .” (Heb 12:1-2) A particular cloud caught my eye...
"This time Jonah obeyed the Lord’s command…" (Jonah 3:3 NLT) Our ten year-old granddaughter, Mary Kathryn, received a diary for her birthday. It was a gift from her best friend. She seemed so grown-up when she would take time to write down the events of the day. One...
"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." (James 1:22 NKJV) Last Sunday God talked to me in an amazing way. I had ordered an audio CD about a terrific sermon two weeks before, only to discover that instead of having just 1 sound track, it...
There are MANY lessons that we can learn from the prophet Elisha. This is the third of series focusing on the life of this great prophet. "'Look,' they said, 'we your servants have fifty able men. Let them go and look for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD...