Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. 1 Timothy 6:6 For many years, I have read this verse as: “Godliness + Contentment = the key to abundant living”. Recently, I began glimpsing another understanding: Being content with godliness is the pinnacle of prosperity–the primary purpose of our lives. Doesn’t ...
Read More »What Adults Can Learn from A Child’s Simple Faith
…verily I say unto you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3-4 God reminds us that one of the ...
Read More »Planting A “Garden of Hope”
Many business people like to feel powerful and in control. That all changed for a former executive who learned what really is important in life. Daron Babcock used to work at a private equity firm until his wife died of cancer. Drinking and drugs then became his downfall. He said, ...
Read More »Gifts of Healing from God
The garden was God’s original home for his human creation. All around Adam and Eve were trees with different kinds of fruit to eat of all colors—orange, yellow, green, red. In the air permeated the fragrance of the essence of plants, perpetually medicating the humans with unobtrusive, unseen healing powers ...
Read More »He Knows Your Name
On June 25, the body of a four-year-old girl was found on the shore of Deer Island in Massachusetts. A woman was walking her dog along the beach, when she spotted a trash bag, which—to her horror—contained the remains of a little girl. “Baby Doe,” as she has been dubbed ...
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