"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask-we know that we have what we asked of him." (1 John 5:14-15) HOW TO KNOW GOD'S WILL: 1. The Good,...
There is nothing better than Your paths. Though we’ll stray and divert our ways, from Yours. Carry burdens not made for us, stumble on alone and not recall, the comforts of a companion for the road. Nowhere is more perfect than your paths. And because of Your love and...
It seems that all through the ages people have wanted God to give them a sign. Some to know that He is really there and sometimes to show them the way. God has done this in the past as providing the pillar of fire by night and the cloud by day for the Israelites....
This is the 6th in a short series focusing what Israel's earliest leaders, the judges, have to teach us. Today's leadership lesson comes from a little-known judge of Israel, Shamgar son of Anath . . . "After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred...
In the 18th century, the U. S. Congress once issued a special edition of Thomas Jefferson's Bible. It was a simple copy of our Bible with all references to the supernatural eliminated. Jefferson, in selecting, had confined himself solely to the moral teachings of...
I am inspired by the Psalmists message in Psalm 119:11-19. When we see that His Word is a true inspiration of His love, we know that we serve a God that is infinite and perfect in Love and is always giving. God instructs his children to be still and know...
Somewhere in Italy, there is a place at the coast where three beacons can be found. In stormy weather, if a ship makes sure to have those 3 beacons in a straight line, he can be assured that he will reach port safely. God has given us 3 beacons as well, and these are...
Jigsaw puzzles have never been my thing. I am blind to the little clues so I empathize with the man reading the Bible when Philip said to him, "Do you understand what you are reading?" And he replied, "How can I without someone to guide me?" Yet he was a man who knew...
Last week, in Lessons Before the Cross, Part 3, we saw that because God allows us to go through trials for very good reasons. But now that we understand "why" we go through trials, He wishes to convey to us some vital truths on "how" to go through them! "And He said...
"As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is flawless." (2 Samuel 22:31 and Psalm 18:30) The wooden stairs appeared to lead up off the decking to something beyond, but what? Thick brushy mangroves bulged around the edges of the planking. As far as I could...