The Wedding Prayer
Year after year I saw my mother putting a copy of a “Prayer for a Bride and Groom” into an envelope and sending it as a wedding gift to some young couple that she knew. I didn’t pay much attention…
Good Experience
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” — Genesis 2:24 Not far from our house is a road with a sharp curve. The Department…
Two Separate Levels
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? . . . . . No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him…
Battle Buddies
"Two are better off than one, because together they can work more effectively. If one of them falls down, the other can help him up. But if someone is alone and falls, it’s just too bad, because there is no…
Some Things Don’t Change!
“For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” — Hebrews 4:12 We call it…
Thrive, not just Survive!
“I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have…
Run Like You Mean it!
"As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run…
A New Year Every Day
“…my spirit is depressed. Yet hope returns when I remember this one thing: The Lord’s unfailing love and mercy still continue, fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise.” — Lamentations 3:20b-23 Well, here we are, already into the…
Jesus Loves the Christian Soldier
“When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people, He entered Capernaum. There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders…
Figuring your Priorities
Proverbs 27:18a: "Take care of a fig tree and you will have figs to eat." It’s pretty simple really, if you want to have figs to eat, you have to take care of the fig tree. It helps to plant…