Rewards or Remorse? Sales incentives, discount coupons, buy one – get one, all grab our attention…if the object is calling our name. Free cucumber and fresh tomato salad wouldn’t attract me even if you paid me. But there is one reward, made up of unimaginably good things, that we don’t want to miss out on. I’m assuming most of you […]
What In the World is Going On? There are two ways to answer this question. One is through worldly eyes that are limited to processing data through our five senses. This will most likely result in discouragement, fear, and distrust. The other is through eyes of faith in the One who controls it all, the One who spoke our world […]
God’s Patience Tested Do you remember as a kid the Sunday School stories you heard about Gideon and Samson? Gideon was the warrior who challenged God by demanding a ‘fleece’ to confirm God’s orders to him. Not once but twice. Samson was the strong man who had a foolish fling with Delilah that cost him his eyesight and then his […]
Confidence is More Than Hope You see it everywhere—sports teams, public speakers, bullies, preachers. What is “it”? It is confidence sometimes to the point of arrogance. But what happens when the team loses “a slam dunk” to another team? Or a speaker is booed off the stage? Or a bully tries to push around a humble black belt achiever? Or […]
Finish Strong I got a call yesterday from a friend (I’ll call him JD) in another city. His health is not good. He has major heart problems and has a defibrillator that was implanted some months ago. Shortly after that, we talked and he told me he didn’t know how much longer he has and wanted me to know that […]
Purpose in Pain We live in post-New Testament times. But sometimes, to get a fine-tuned picture of God, we need to visit the Old Testament. My point today is to confirm that God always has purpose in everything He does. Some time ago, I noticed a little word that appears all throughout Scripture. It’s the word “that” or “so that” […]