There are two types of people in this world: Those who eat to live, and those who live to eat. As hard as I try, I am definitely not in the first category. No, I love my food too much. Therefore when God put it on my heart to spend a day fasting and praying for...
Last Thursday, in Pharaoh's Dream, Part 3, we came to understand that storing up our faith in God (by making a habit of giving Him thanks, counting our blessings, remembering what the Lord has done for us in the past, writing down God's blessings, and memorizing...
Why do we look behind and long for what we had yesterday to come back? We wish we could roll back time and go back to days where life was easier. Have you done that? God knows we all do at times. "Okay, here's another box full of VHS tapes," Jessica said. She's my...
"Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need." (Matthew 6:3) I was looking over the list, the never ending ‘To Do’ list. Crossing things off, adding things, rearranging tasks according to today’s priorities....
Giving to others. It seems such a simple thing, and it is something that we are told numerous times in Scripture to do: "Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back." (Luke 6:30 NIV; see also Deut. 15:10, 16:17; Prov....
"The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning." (Lamentations 3:22-23) The luscious looking double apricot hibiscus bloom was so beautiful to see that morning. The sun's rays were...
God has said, "I will never fail you. I will never abandon you." (Hebrews 13:5) She wasn't much bigger than a pint of peanuts when she got a tricycle. Her dad taught her how to ride it. Next came a bicycle with training wheels. Her dad helped her learn to ride that,...
God of abundance. We've all heard it, we've read it in our Bibles, but have we truly experienced it? Solomon experienced God's abundance. 1 Kings 3:5-13 bible records that God appeared to Solomon in a dream and offered him anything his heart desired. Solomon, in all...
"the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:9) We had been in the midst of a tropical depression. Lots of gray, soggy clouds were sitting there not going anywhere. Day after day the rains...
"Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are? If God cares so wonderfully for (these)...he will certainly care for you." (Matthew 6:26.30) By late...