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"Delight yourself in the Lords; And He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him and He will do it." (Psalm 37:4-5 NAS) Years ago when I was a child, my aunt told me about finding a twig on the street. She took the...
Ok Clever Class, let's deal with the original problem. Despite being told not to, Eve ate the fruit. I have listened to the debates, the arguments and the fall-out for years. Now, you are a Clever Class so tell me: why is it that no-one thinks to ask 'why did she eat...
"But David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with sword and spear and javelin; but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you...
"Please give us this land as our property, and do not make us cross the River Jordan and settle there." (Numbers 32:5 GNB) [1] Have you crossed the Jordan River? The tribes of Reuben and Gad saw how good this land was going to be on the near side of the Jordan River....
One day my friend and I were installing curtains at church. She brought teeny little nails and a hammer to use. Because the wood was so hard, quite a few of those teeny nails bent over and crumpled under the pressure of the hammer. I thought that was so much like us....
"And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? How readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all...
"For you created my inmost being, You knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well." (Ps. 139: 13-14) Last night, we attended a concert by the Austrailian youth group...
My dad is very special to me. He is eighty-eight years young and still does as much as some in their sixties. He's a tough old bird with a wisdom that can only come with age. I can't think of anything off hand that he's unable to do. He's one of the oldest living real...
As a lawful citizen of my country, I can travel the roads, shop at the supermarket, visit my friends, cook a meal, hold a job, and so on. Everything I do is lawful and no restrictions are imposed on me. However, if I am not a citizen of this country, or if I have...
Joshua 24:14-15 (NRSV) "Now therefore revere the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom...
“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may...
My family and I were busy preparing for our annual vacation. We would be gone for nearly a month this year, and though we weren’t leaving for another 2½ weeks, we were already packing the trailer, stocking the food, preparing the maps, and a host of other things that...
"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!" (Isa. 49:15 NIV) Champ was a pure-breed Collie what was given to me by an aunt. He was such a cute, cuddly puppy!...