My devotional reading for yesterday included Ecclesiastes 3:1-14. Perhaps you are familiar with this chapter. It begins by stating, “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven”. These verses from the Word of God have helped me to appreciate that there are “seasons” in God’s will for our lives. Just like… Read More »
I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel
Shortly after I gave my life to Jesus in 1974, I was asked by my employer to make a trip to Milan, Italy. It would be my first trip overseas since I had been stationed in France while serving in the U.S. Army. At the time, I was employed as the head of the Hydraulic… Read More »
God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways
In Isaiah 55:8-9 we hear God saying, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” What the Lord wanted the Israelites and us to understand… Read More »
I Would Rather Be A Doorkeeper
Recently, I was reminded of a song we used to sing in the 1980’s when I was pastoring a church in Malden, Massachusetts. The title of the song is “How Lovely is Your Dwelling Place”, written by Ted Sandquist. This song is based on Psalm 84. I remember how a couple, Joe and Lena, would… Read More »
The Place of God’s Choosing is the Place of God’s Blessing
I mentioned in an earlier post, my spiritual journey as a Christian began 44 years ago. During that time, I have been privileged to travel all over the world to preach, teach, and minister to thousands of people. I have been blessed to see God’s hand at work in mighty ways: seeing souls saved, bodies… Read More »
Praying Your Best and God’s Best for Others
One of my struggles, during my years of pastoring, was knowing how to pray and intercede for others effectively. My pastor’s heart wanted to pray in the best possible way, in a way that would really make a positive difference in other’s lives and circumstances, I knew that the key to answered prayer was praying according… Read More »
John 3:16 – The Gospel in Miniature
Unquestionably, one of the most popular and well-known verses of Scripture is John 3:16. Why do you think that is so? Perhaps it’s because this one verse, with its 21 words (NKJV) states the message and the reality of the Gospel like no other verse in the Bible. In this one single verse, there are… Read More »
The Privilege and the Power of Prayer!
When I gave my heart to Jesus and made Him the Lord of my life 44 years ago and became born-again, one of the first things I understood, as a new Christian, was my need to pray; pray for others and pray for myself. What I did not understand then was how difficult it would… Read More »
The Lord Delights in Those Who put Their Hope in His Unfailing love
Psalm 147 and verse 11 is so profound and encouraging, “the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in His unfailing love.” Imagine, God Almighty “delights” in those who put their hope in His unfailing love. That is such an incredible revelation of what makes God, our Heavenly Father, happy, yes… Read More »
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