"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you." (Joel 2:25, NKJV) When I read this verse, I can't help but substitute words for "Locust."...
"Then...he.. began to see everything clearly." (Mark 8:25) This morning I was hurrying to finish getting ready to leave for the weekend. I washed up and put on a little makeup, but it didn’t look quite right. Maybe the eye drops were causing my vision to still be a...
Numbers 11 tells a sad incident in the history of the Israelite nation. They had been wandering in the wilderness for months with only manna to eat, and needless to say, they were tired of it. I can totally relate. The rare times my husband and I go out to dinner, you...
Today's mini-sermon is the 1st of a 12-part series on the 9th chapter of John. It will be appearing in the Saturday, Sunday and Thursday additions of the Answers2Prayer newsletters. “As he (Jesus) went along, he saw a man blind from birth.” (John 9:1) When Jesus...
The following Scriptural Nugget is the fifth in a mini-series based on John 11. Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may...
Why should we pray, anyway? Just what is the point of having a "prayer ministry"? Dumb question, you may say. After all, this newsletter is part of Answers2Prayer, an internet prayer ministry! Yes, the answers to this question does seem kind of...
Why should we pray, anyway? This was the question I introduced in last Friday's newsletter. I feel that it is important for each of us to review regularly just why it is that we pray for each other, and this is the purpose of this mini-sermon "mini"-series entited,...
“Then Jesus told them, ‘This very night you will all fall away on account of me . . .’ Peter replied, ‘Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will . . . Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.’ And all the other disciples said the...
"When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it." (Matt 14:23,24). Alone in a fishing boat, adrift in a storm. Streaks of lightening momentarily...
“’Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense. It is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high--its horns of one piece with it. Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it. Make two gold...