As a child I used to sing the gospel chorus, “Why worry, when you can pray? Trust Jesus, He will be your stay. Don’t be a doubting Thomas, lean fully on His promise, Why worry, worry, worry, worry when you can pray?”
Earlier today my sisters and I visited Cades Cove in the Smoky Mountain National Park. In all the times we’ve been there (a lot!), one sister, Anna, has NEVER seen…
I recently heard a minister say that if God doesn’t feel close to us, it’s our fault. Is this true? Not according to Job.
Ravi Zacharias is just the latest in a long line of evangelical leaders who has fallen, or rather whose sin has been revealed to the world. We are saddened by it; we feel betrayed. But what should we do about it?
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” (Matthew 5:6)
We read in Acts 11:26, “And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
When we consider the great servants of God in the New Testament, we often think of Paul, Peter, Mary, Luke, or those among the 12 apostles. However, there was one man with a unique name whose service to God during sickness offers great insight for us today.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)
In Hebrews 11:7 we are told of Noah who, “being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household.”
Happiness. It’s something we all long for, isn’t it? We work hard, play hard, acquire, desire, and perspire, all in an attempt to be as happy as we can be. Does God want you to be happy?
