Prayer is one of the toughest disciplines to practice as you follow Jesus.
It is so contrary to how many of us grew up. In my family you might hear, “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get going!”… because life depended on you. There was no thought of prayer. In fact, there was no thought of God!
Read MorePrayer is one of the toughest disciplines to practice as you follow Jesus.
It is so contrary to how many of us grew up. In my family you might hear, “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get going!”… because life depended on you. There was no thought of prayer. In fact, there was no thought of God!
Read MoreI remember thinking in high school, “If Christianity is true, then I’m all in. But if it is not true, then I’m leaving it completely, because I don’t want to be a fool.”…
Read MoreIn 2013, my wife Joanie and I got some unsettling news. Our daughter Amy, expecting her first child, was going into labor – and it was seven weeks before her due date. Our first reaction was to panic. Then we realized we needed to stay calm and trust the Lord. We prayed…
Read MoreDuring the American Revolutionary War, there were outstanding heroic women who helped bring about the emancipation of the United States from Britain…
Read MoreI once travelled to Mexico to help build a church. As we drove up to the building site, it started to rain. We didn’t want our building materials damaged, and as we struggled to get them all under a roof, one of the older missionaries suggested we stop to pray. So we gathered together and asked God to stop the rain…
Read MoreWhen my youngest daughter was in college, she had an assignment to ask various random people about their purpose in life. So one Saturday morning, we went around to different tables at my favorite coffee shop, asking our question…
Read MoreWhen my youngest daughter was in college, she had an assignment to ask various random people about their purpose in life. So one Saturday morning, we went around to different tables at my favorite coffee shop, asking our question…
Read MoreSeveral months ago my wife Joanie was driving home after visiting our grandkids. On the road in front of her was a car with a license plate that had the letters “DNTGVUP”…
Read MoreIf you and I are honest with ourselves, we’d have to say that at some point in our lives, we’ve experienced loneliness. Maybe it was after the death of a loved one. Or perhaps you’ve felt abandoned by a family member in your time of greatest need. This is a bleak, yet very real, situation […]
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