“The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him” (Lamentations 3:35 NASB). I marvel at what God does when we wait on Him in prayer. When we listen to His heart and then pray His desires, we see mighty things happen beyond what we could ever dream or expect. In late February and early March this year, the Lord began to urge me to pray for Him to “reveal hidden things.” When I…
Over a year and a half ago, Ardythe Kolb and I decided to write a 365 day devotional. We have been friends and sisters in Christ for over 40 years. We divided the project this way: I sent Ardythe the scripture and the ending prayer, then she wrote the devotional and sent it back to me. I formatted it and in November 2012 we published it. Near the end of the year I helped her write some of the devotionals….
As a young mother, I remember looking out my basement window watching a tornado snake across the sky a few miles south-west of us. At the time, I didn’t know about the power of the name of Jesus. As I watched, the white tail turned black as it picked up debris from a school and a church in the suburban Kansas City neighborhood. Years later, I learned as a believer in Jesus Christ, He had given me and all His…
The last scene has closed on the epic series “The Bible” on the History channel. In five weeks we’ve gone from Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, to the apostle John’s beholding Jesus in Revelation. I was amazed at two things. One, the amount of territory the filmmakers covered in just ten hours, and two, what they chose to leave out. For those familiar with the Bible, we anticipated what the succeeding scene might be after the next…
When someone speaks about end-time preparation, all ears perk up. We give so much time and effort to physical preparations of food, water, and shelter. We must not neglect spiritual preparations. We need to know Jesus as our Strong Tower. Scripture tells us, “The name of Lord is a strong tower. The righteous run to it and are safe” (Proverbs 18:10). This word picture came alive to me when I visited Ireland. In the 8th and 9th century, the monks…
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27). I am often struck with the fact that if we stop to listen, we can hear His voice. We are currently finishing a redo of our master bathroom. I needed a new mirror for that area. The old one had been there forty-three years. It was time for a change. I had my day planned when suddenly I could think of nothing else but that…
Psalm 107:20 says, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.” God sends us His word, and for the most part, we tend to leave our Bibles on the shelf. Unread. Collecting dust. How can we obey His word if we don’t even know what He says? What His conditions are. How can we seek Him if we don’t know Him? How can we know Him if we don’t read His love letter to us?…