When I was a new Christian at the age of 20 years old and had begun reading the Bible for the first time ever, I ran across this verse: “The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to ...
Read More »Suicide Hurts Everyone–How To Fight Back
It’s not just negative emotions or experiences that make a person want to end their life. It’s Satan, and he is attacking Christian men and women. Although he doesn’t deserve any more attention than he is already getting, we need to be prepared by guarding our hearts and watching out ...
Read More »The Story Behind Your Scars — God’s Grace Revealed
Fortunately, I do not have many physical scars. There’s a small one near my left wrist that is the result of a bad burn I received when I was young. The worst one, though, is the one on my bottom lip. For some reason, that particular scar possesses a bluish-purplish ...
Read More »Have You Received God’s Free Gift?
Recently, I was asked to prepare a short devotional message for those attending an upcoming luncheon at our church for a group of half-way house ladies. It would be a mixed crowd of women. Some would know Jesus well and others would not really care much about the whole topic ...
Read More »The Unmistakable Power of Loneliness
Loneliness is quite possibly one of the worst feelings I experience these days. I’ve been a widow for almost 16 months and it wasn’t until probably the last 3-5 months that I realized loneliness had crept in, like a ninja stalking its enemy. I suppose before then I had been ...
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