Over the past couple of devotionals, we've learned some powerful lessons in church unity from the interesting bell miner, also known as the "bellbird". I must say, however, that the first fact I learned about bellbirds didn't come from the internet. It came directly...
Why is it that the world is not drawn to Jesus? The reasons are many, but I want to hone in on just one today: Unity! One of Jesus' last recorded prayers before He went to the cross is this: "I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one--as you are in...
"I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message, that all of them may be one, asYou, Father, are in Me, and I...
"Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ." (1 Cor. 12:12 NIV) Why is there so much disunity in the church? With unity being so near and dear to Jesus' heart that it appeared four times (seeJohn...
I had heard about the size, abundance and toxicity of Australian spiders. This was, in fact, the only thing that put any kind of a damper on my enthusiasm for visiting this fascinating continent. I would learn, however, that the stories were a bit larger than life....
It was Wednesday, the 30th of July, 1986. A few members of a pod of false killer whales became stranded in the shallow waters around Augusta, Western Australia. Because this specie is highly sociable, the rest of the pod probably responded to the individual distress...
We are together. All of us here together. No-one not our brother, or our sister. We are together. So much more with one another. That in truth we make a multitude. We are together. Not alone, but wired for each other. Connected by threads that cannot be unwound. Not...
I cut the tip of my index finger slicing lemons the other day. It was a deep cut, and naturally, it bled everywhere. I bandaged it up and proceeded to go about my day, only to discover that the finger got in the way for everything I tried to do. Even though it was a...
I feel really lead of God to send this message to encourage each of us who are in Christ Jesus to start declaring war against the enemy of our souls. My heart breaks to see so many Christians continually being defeated and tormented by the devil and his forces. I pray...
On this, the first day of 2005, let's remember that the most important number in the Bible is the number ONE! Eph 4:1-6 "As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient,...