Before a caterpillar can become a beautiful butterfly it must spin a cocoon around itself, digesting itself into a “soup,” leaving behind special cells that will become its new eyes, antennae, and even its colorful wings. Before an eaglet can sore majestically, its mother must tear apart the only ...
Read More »Overcome Lucifer’s World
We have free will. Long before humans were created, God had created the heavenlies where the angels live. The highest-ranking angel was named Lucifer, and Lucifer had been endowed with great intelligence and musical ability. God made him like a god (Isaiah 14:12). Like us, God created Lucifer and his ...
Read More »From Curiosity to Destruction: The Way of Sin
The story goes that an unwelcome visitor found central Illinois in the 1840’s in the form of cholera, one of the most deadly diseases of the time. It traveled on the ferry, arriving inside one very sick man. The epidemic that ensued started with another man’s curiosity. He knew ...
Read More »Never Forgotten:Engraved On His Palms
Have you ever felt forgotten by God? You may have believed that you were the only one to feel this way. But for those of us who have given our lives to Him, God promises He will never forget us—for we are engraved on the Palms of His Hands. ...
Read More »Our Hope: Giving Throughout the Year
‘Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.’ Hebrews 13:16 (NIV) As Christians, it should be our joy to share with others, especially with those who are truly less fortunate. As God gives to us, we, therefore, should give to others. ...
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