Our work is to devote our own lives to pleasing God. It's that simple. We're to devote our efforts to learning to think as God thinks, to see ourselves and others through his eyes, to walk as he walke...
One person standing on the Rock can throw a lifeline to others drowning in the sea. He
Michael had once read to her how God had cast a man and woman out of paradise. Yet, for all their human faults and failures. God had shown them the way back in.
Jonathan closed his eyes. Oh, God, it’s not the way I had things planned. But then, what of real, lasting value ever is?
Jim looked into her tear-washed eyes and saw her anguish. For a moment it was as though he shared a measure of the bitter brew—and felt poisoned. She smiled sadly. Everything was done properly. The ri...
Jesus had been crucified years before her birth, but in John, as in her father, she saw the Lord. In John’s dear face she found infinite compassion, love, the glow of fierce conviction, the strength o...
Can’t sleep? Michael whispered. She shook her head. Turn on your side. When she did, he drew her back against him, tucking her into his body. The child shifted, snuggling deeper into the quilts and pr...
Blinding light filled the darkness. Someone clasped his wrist, lifting him, and in the midst of hell's cacophony, whispered, I am.
And the answers had always come down to trusting God, obeying Him, accepting His will, knowing there was a purpose in what was happening even if they couldn’t see it. But sometimes the pain seemed unb...
And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don’t even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words....
All the way back, she had imagined him gloating and taunting, rubbing her face in her own broken pride. Instead, he knelt before her and washed her dirty, blistered feet. Throat burning, she looked do...
Was used to teachers just putting in time, not loaded with enthusiasm.
That you will know and accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord and learn who you are in Him.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.
The more she tried to live a perfect life for God, the more she recognized her failings.
None of them, not even he, seemed to realize they weren't just physical beings, that God had left a mark upon them by the simple fact of his creation. They preferred their idols, tangible, possessing,...
How can we be witnesses of the one true God if we hold the truth as our own possession? God meant his truth for the world.
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself. PHILIPPIANS 2 : 3
Concerns buzzed like flies in her head, and she swatted them with prayers.
Come away with me and be my wife. She gave a harsh laugh. If you want a wife, send for one by mail, or wait for the next wagon train to cross the mountains. He came toward her. I can give you a good l...