Posts tagged “God”
The Word is life
Somewhere in Somalia, Christians risk their lives to read the Bible. After sunset, a brave disciple retrieves a hidden Bible from a cave, sneaks…
Don’t wait … go all out for Jesus!
In her book The Happiness Project, author Gretchen Rubin spent a year focusing on improving different aspects of her life in order to become…
The Word is a seed
I told Ricardo, one of my soccer teammates, about a Bible app that people at my church loved. A year later he said, “Mike,…
You shine!
In the rural hill country of Texas, miles away from city lights, many more stars appear in the night sky. It puts my constellation…
How’s your journey going?
Some biblical scholars believe Psalm 71 was written by King David in the later years of his life to reflect upon the journey that…
Reassurance
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, nor height…
Self-control is a “fruit”
I wish self-control was a microwavable meal. Pop in a prayer request, wait a minute or two, and your self-control comes out, steaming and…
The day a tree stops growing
One of the largest and longest-living trees in the United States is the Seven Sisters Live Oak in Mandeville, Louisiana. This massive tree is…
The gift of now
Listening to the news and the watercooler gossip about the news, there’s a pretty good consensus that everyone’s positive everything’s bad in the world….
Today is the day the Lord has made!
Do you ever shop at Aldi? With four small, seemingly always hungry kids at home, I sure do! One of my favorite things about…
Seek truth
It’s hard to know what to do when you don’t know what is true. I felt that way when COVID first hit. As the…
A sense of gratitude
Have you ever spent time in God’s creation and made a list of the signs of God’s provision that you encountered? What if you…