April 8th Read: Matt. 17:20; 21:21-22; Jer. 29:11-12; 33:3 When my older son John was a teen, he built and raced a hydro-plane, a one-person boat which resembled a pumpkin seed and was often called that. It was a light-weight craft which carried a 25 hp outboard motor. It was apt to be unstable in …
April 7th Read: Gen. 7:11 & Gen. 8:2; Malachi 3:10; Psalm 68:19 God uses the phrase ‘windows of heaven’ in different instances in His Word. The first, in Genesis, indicates that those windows poured out God’s judgement of rain to bring about the flood in Noah’s day and closed to stop the rain. The outpouring …
April 6th Read: Psalm 28:7; Psalm 33:1-10 Each of us must locate the things which really feed our lives. Jesus said, “I am the bread of life.” (John 6:48), so whatever “foods” we choose as good, must line up with Him somehow. I cannot go wrong in my “diet” if I feed upon God’s Word as …
April 5th Read: Psalm 23:1-6; Psalm 31:3; Psalm 139:23-24; Hebrews 5:7-9; 1 Samuel 15:22 Oscar was a small black and white terrier mix who lived with us for several years. While he did not always obey readily, he did obey often enough for me to draw the analogy below .. When we begin to think for ourselves …
April 4th Read: Galatians 6:9-10; Proverbs 3:27 These are actual opportunities which I have passed by during my lifetime, two of them on the streets of London when we were in ministry there. While we ‘bought up’ many opportunities while we were there, I have had to ask God’s forgiveness for my self-centeredness in choosing …
April 3rd Read: Matt. 22:36-40; John 13:35; Matthew 5:43-48; 1 John 4:18-21; 1 Corinthians 3:11-15; 2 Corinthians 4:7 The Hebrew word shalom, meaning peace, expresses a balance of well-being in the body, mind, and spirit. God’s Word is clear that this balance cannot be achieved without love. His first and second commandments, according to Jesus, involve …
April 2nd Read: Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 Daddy went home to Jesus in his eightieth year after six years of Alzheimer’s infirmities. When mother followed she was eighty-nine. She had been an active nursing-home resident (her choice) until three days before her departure for Glory, as active as anyone can be confined to a wheelchair with an …
April 1st Read: Philippians 4:4-9; Hebrews 6:7; James 5:17-18 Do you rejoice on rainy days? If you live in an arid area, you most likely do, but what if you live where cloudy, rainy days come more often than the sunny ones? We lived in London, England, for four years. There are few really sunny …
March 31st Read: Gal. 5:22-23 and 6:7; Romans 2:5-7; Hebrews 11:1; 1 Corinthians 3:5-8 The law of the harvest is sure. If you sow corn you do not get beans at harvest time. I learned that at an early age working with my grandmother in her gardens. Sunflower seeds did not yield petunias. God tells us …
March 30th Read: John 1:1-14; Mark 16:1-6; John 3:16-18; Revelation 1:17-18 When a person understands for the first time who Jesus Christ is from everlasting to everlasting, he is confronted with a choice; 1. Do I accept His work on the cross and acknowledge His sovereignty over me in order to have a personal relationship …