Years ago, I worked with a man who was an avid hunter. During one of his hunting trips, he climbed a tree, tied himself to the trunk, and kept watch. After several hours he fell asleep. When he awakened, he looked down to discover a plethora of hoof prints circling … Continue reading →
Are we missing how God works and provides because we are so busy watching for the ways we think He will work and provide? When God provides, He has used some interesting and unusual methods. God’s provision has come… Through quail – Exodus 16:13. Through manna – Exodus 16:14-36. Through … Continue reading →
“Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of the Lord went down at … Continue reading →
The Israelites stood on the banks of the swollen Jordan river. The land promised by God stretched before them, a good land, flowing with abundance and new beginnings. Forty years earlier, the Israelites had been invited by God to take the land filled with a bounty of goodness. Yet, the … Continue reading →
I enjoy American football. I enjoy the game so much my right knee required surgery to replace destroyed ligaments and tendons from playing football. Over the years the injury progressed until there was no choice but to call the surgeon. Even with my scars, I still love the game. The … Continue reading →
My friend, downcast and broken, really didn’t want to live. They wondered, what was the purpose in working hard when there wasn’t any reward? What was the purpose in living a good life when everything around them was so bad? The world was imploding, people offended and exploding in anger. … Continue reading →
Stand Firm. What if what you pray for, long for, hope for, will only come through dark valleys? “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing” (James 1:2-4 NASB). Will you abandon the cause, relinquish the fight, or turn away?
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