One of the first things we noticed when we crossed the Canadian border into Manitoba was the numerous, striking fields of sunflowers. "Why do sunflowers look like a miniature sun?" Asked one of my boys. Good question! And isn't it true? Sunflowers are one of the only...
"And he said, 'Please, show me Your glory.'" (Exodus 33:18 NKJV) Moses had an immense passion to see the Lord and refused profusely to go or do anything if the presence of God did not go before him. When God looked at Moses, He looked favourably at him and He...
"It seems to me that there is some plague in the house . . ." (Lev 14:34-36); "If any clothing is contaminated with mildew - any woolen or linen clothing . . . It is a spreading mildew and must be shown to the priest." (Lev 13:47, 49 NIV) Over the course of the last...
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the...
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside will be clean.” Matthew...
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation" (2 Cor 5:17-18 NIV) Albert Einstein once said, "Most people see...
"Yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand." (Isaiah 64:8) My mom used to make the most magnificent works of art from a big lump of clay. It looked like a big gray “blob” just sitting in front of her, before...
"continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose." (Phil 2:12-13 NIV) The other day while taking out the trash, I thought about my conversion to being a Christian and...
"May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Thessalonians 5:23) Sanctify is a beautiful word. It means to make holy that which was unholy. It’s...
"For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son. Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by...