“Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people.” (Proverbs 11:3 NLT) “Honest” Abe Lincoln believed “Honesty is the best policy,” but is it? Couple that with Proverbs 12:22 that says: “The Lord detests lying lips, but He delights in those who tell the truth.” I’ve heard people say things like: “This is the honest truth.”Continue reading “Is Honesty Always the Best Policy?”
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How Our Past Can Flavor Our Future
“Have mercy on us and help us, if you can.” (Mark 9:22 NLT) My wife is an excellent cook. Perhaps that had something to do with her son majoring in the culinary arts. It’s fun to watch her when she’s cooking something, to put a dab of this and a sprinkle of that, then tasteContinue reading “How Our Past Can Flavor Our Future”
The Things We Don’t Yet Understand
“You are permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others are not.” (Matthew 13:11 NLT) In the above verse, the word “secrets” can also be translated “mysteries.” And Jesus further explains in the verses following: “To those who listen to My teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will haveContinue reading “The Things We Don’t Yet Understand”
God Still Has Secrets
“The Lord our God has secrets known to no one.” (Deuteronomy 29:29a NLT) There are things that God covers or conceals from us. Why would He do that? The verse continues by saying: “We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that He has revealed to us,Continue reading “God Still Has Secrets”
Making Time to Pray
“Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.” (Revelation 5:8b NLT) God listens to and cares about the prayers of His people. Years ago, I heard a story about a person who went to heaven. They were given a tour and shown allContinue reading “Making Time to Pray”
Prayer IS Doing Something (Part 2)
“May Your ways be known throughout the earth, Your saving power among people everywhere.” (Psalm 67:7 NLT) John Stonestreet of the Colson Center wrote: “Not only is prayer the practice of appealing to the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, it is an essential way to align our hearts and minds with His. To haveContinue reading “Prayer IS Doing Something (Part 2)”
Praying IS Doing Something!
“Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell You what He did for me.” (Psalm 66:16 NLT) Has someone ever shared with you a need? It could have been physical, emotional, relational, financial or any number of other needs people have. As you listened, your mind was racing trying to comeContinue reading “Praying IS Doing Something!”
Too Busy to Care
“Does it mean nothing to you, all you who pass by?” (Lamentations 1:12) Conservative estimates calculate that there were minimally 750 million people on the earth when God sent the flood. It’s astounding to me that out of all those people God only found one man, according to Genesis 6:9, who “was a righteous man,Continue reading “Too Busy to Care”
The One True God of the Bible
“But the Lord is the only true God.” (Jeremiah 10:10a NLT) In the days in which we live you’re in a vast minority to believe there is only one God. And an even greater minority to believe that Jesus is the only way to heaven. Why is that? I’m certainly no expert in the historyContinue reading “The One True God of the Bible”
God’s School of Faith
“Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.” (Romans 5:1 NLT) When you think about it, we start at ground zero in the faith department as a new believer in Christ. How do I knowContinue reading “God’s School of Faith”
Walking With Jesus 