Stand Firm

My eyes have seen, and my ears have heard the doom and destruction of my terrible enemies. Good people will prosper like palm trees, and they will grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon. They will take root in your house, LORD God, and they will do well. They will be...

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Never Forget

I watched the movie United 93 this week. It is an emotionally, mentally and physically wrenching experience. Viewing the second plane ram into the second tower brought up all the horror of almost 5 years ago when I watched it happen the first time. I remember thinking...

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New Beginnings

If you carefully obey all the commands I am giving you today, and if you love the Lord your God and serve him with all your heart and soul, then he will send the rains in their proper seasons—the early and late rains—so you can bring in your harvests of grain, new...

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Phone Call

The Lord is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him in truth. Psalm 145:18 (NLT) I stopped by to visit with a friend the other day and we began chatting about the mechanics of a devotional time. Some of us have been Christians for a long time and...

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What to Do?

In light of all this, here's what I want you to do. While I'm locked up here, a prisoner for the Master, I want you to get out there and walk—better yet, run!—on the road God called you to travel. I don't want any of you sitting around on your hands. I don't want...

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Wishing

For I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything...

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