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There are some days when you wake up in the morning and open your eyes and think , same old day , same situation , same hurt, same problem , same misery and same difficulties. How many of you have ever felt like this being overwhelmed by the events of our being? A...
"Be still and know that I am God . . ." (Ps. 46:10a) Recently I was blessed with the privilege of caring for my family's 13 birds. Since this was my first experience with such a lot of them, and since one of their birds had died the previous year under the care...
This story actually began about a couple of months before we left on our vacation. Four Lineolated Parakeets (linnies) in New Brunswick were being bullied by a larger parrot. The two males had already lost toes, and one of them was missing a large chunk of his beak....
"I have called you friends . . ." (John 15:15) A friend wrote me the other day and told me that I sure do seem to have a lot of good days in my life. This friend wanted to know what is the difference between having a good day and having a bad day. I thought about it a...
In last week's lesson, focusing on Song of Solomon 1:8, we discovered the truth that that God is NEVER far away! When we cry out to Him, He comes running to us like a gazelle over the hills. And at the times when we seek to know His will and He doesn't seem to be...
The book of Joshua is coming to an end now. All that is left is the division of the land. I don't know about you, but I find the chapters in Joshua 13-20 rather tedious, for they go into so much detail about characteristics of borders. But is there something that we...
Last week, in Wilderness Instruction, Part 3, we saw that our hearts, the Temple of the Holy Spirit, need to be fashioned after the heart of Jesus Christ. Only then can we truly experience God to the fullest. But just how do we fashion our hearts after the heart of...
In Written on the Heart, Part 3, we understand that there is a call to follow God's track through Scripture and pause to find quiet places. God's Word will bring us to quiet places of reflection, so we must attend to those quiet places in order for God to be able to...
Last time we were together we discussed what Jesus called the "so-called prayer warriors" and the fact that prayer is not a formula for getting what you want from God. Today we will talk about more legalistic techniques and why they do not work. "With a God like this...
In last week's lesson, focusing on Song of Solomon 3:1-4, we discovered the truth that that when we are so encased in problems that we can't find God, we need to: a) long for Him; b) search for Him; and c) seek the aid of other Christians to help us refocus. And when...
Last week, in What we can Learn from the Division of the Land, Part A, we learned that we are never given more than we can manage, and whenever we are asked to take on more, we need to check it out with the Lord first. Sometimes we need to delegate, and sometimes we...
Last week, in Wilderness Instructions, Part 4, we learned by looking at the instructions given for the construction of the Ark of the Covenant that God wants us to understand that our ultimate rest and salvation is His first priority. He wants us to be assured that...
Last week, in Written on the Heart, Part 4, we saw that God reveals His lifestyle for us through His Word. He writes these thoughts on our hearts. How can we most easily learn to reflect that lifestyle? An elderly lady talked with me after she had been to a rare...