"Let us start rebuilding." (Neh 2:18) Do you know of anything that needs to be rebuilt? Nehemiah did. The walls around Jerusalem! And he felt this so keenly about this, that He set out to do something about it! First he spent time in...
"Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, it is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household. The second son he named Ephraim and said, it is because God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering." (Genesis 41:51-52) Joseph...
"Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace." (James 3:18 NKJV) Have you ever been irritated? Or should I rephrase this question and ask: have you ever had a day without any irritations? Wouldn't we be very patient if we had no...
There are MANY lessons that we can learn from the prophet Elisha. This is the eighth in a series focusing on the life of this great prophet. "When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his couch. He went in, shut the door on the two of them and...
There are MANY lessons that we can learn from the prophet Elisha. This is the tenth in a series focusing on the life of this great prophet. "A man came from Baal Shalishah, bringing the man of God twenty loaves of barley bread baked from the first ripe grain, along...
"As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water. 'Oh, my lord,' he cried out, 'it was borrowed!' The man of God asked, 'Where did it fall?' When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float....
There are many lessons to be learned from stories of Elisha. This is the 25th in a series focusing on the life of this great prophet of God. “Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, ‘Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever...
This time around, I would like to focus upon a subject which would interest us all irrespective of our religious affiliation for who would not like to have...Security at all times. Dear friends, this was the buzzword in my family circles, when I -- on receiving the...
Last week, in Lessons Before the Cross, Part 1, we saw that one of the very important messages Jesus teaches us just prior to going to the cross is one of humility in our trials. But there was something else heavy on Jesus' heart. He wants us to know why we must...
Last week, in Lessons Before the Cross, Part 2, we saw that because God must "approve" our trials, and we can be assured that He will never allow anything we cannot handle with His help. Before allowing us to go through them, He prepares a way out! In fact, He has...