If your right eye makes you stumble and leads you to sin, tear it out and throw it away [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be ...
Read More »Got an Enemy? Let God Win the Battle for You!
Has there been a time when you would have welcomed a mighty force coming to your aid and defeating an enemy? We all feel the need for rescue at one time or another, and we all face enemies in many forms: the people who seek to do us harm, afflictions or ...
Read More »Sitting At the Feet of Christ
I have only scattered memories of my grandfather, James. He died just months before my fourth birthday. My favorite memory is when I would sit at his feet as he took an old pocket watch from the pocket of his trousers, holding it to my ear. He would quiet my ...
Read More »God Uses “Dirty Laundry”
Most of the backyards in our neighborhood had clotheslines. Some were made of rope, suspended by “T” shaped pieces of wood on either side, while others were sturdy wire lines with steel posts at either end, held in the earth by cement. There was also the occasional umbrella-shaped line where ...
Read More »The Look of the Radiant
Children of God when they look to Him will never be put to shame. Their faces will be radiant with joy as God’s love shines on and through them. No matter what trials, battles or uphill struggles they face. Their faces shine with the glory of God. They have learned ...
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