“For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones…” (Psalms 37:28) We often think that God is never around for the little things. That’s mainly because the only time we ever look for him is when hard times come our way. The truth is God is always with us and reveals himself to us in small ways, too. There’s a wonderful story in Chapter 6 of II Kings that illustrates my point. The Prophet Elisha, who was Elijah’s replacement as God’s prophet to Israel, […]

“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” (2 Corinthians 5:14-15) My wife and I went through a terrible storm several years ago, one of those storms that life brings your way. It was ferocious. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for us, the wind would pick up and […]

“And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?” (Matthew 7:3) I was listening recently to an interview with evangelist Michael Youseff, who recounted a conversation with Attorney General John Ashcroft. When Youseff spoke to Ashcroft, Ashcroft was in the Senate. Ashcroft is unashamedly Christian. In fact, he holds devotions in his office every morning to a growing number of Christians who have been so encouraged by his testimony that they are also no longer bashful about calling themselves […]

“Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him.” (Psalm 32:6) Jesus often relied on parables in the Bible to compare something in everyday life to a spiritual truth. However, many of us have trouble understanding Jesus’ parables because we don’t belong to the culture for which they were written. The importance of the spiritual truth is diluted, if not misunderstood, because we can’t relate to the everyday example to which Jesus […]