“When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, ‘Let’s go to Bethlehem. Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.’ They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger.” (Luke 2:15-16 NLT) Have youContinue reading “Why He Came Such a Long Way”
Tag Archives: poverty
When Life Seems Hopeless
“In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.” (Ephesians 2:12 NLT) Hopelessness is like looking into the future and seeing onlyContinue reading “When Life Seems Hopeless”
Have You Found Your Calcutta
“He died for everyone so that those who receive His new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.” (2 Corinthians 5:15 NLT) Many people across our world recognize the name Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic Nun who devoted her life to servingContinue reading “Have You Found Your Calcutta”
Who’s Poorer?
“Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. I’ll say it again – it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!’”Continue reading “Who’s Poorer?”
Why Trials?
“For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NLT) For much the same reason we need sunshine and rain, we need good times and bad, joy and laughter, heartache, and pain. Think of the life of Jesus. May I remind you that He was perfect in every way;Continue reading “Why Trials?”
Are You Reaching for the Things Money Can’t Buy?
“Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For IContinue reading “Are You Reaching for the Things Money Can’t Buy?”
Pain and Suffering (Part 2)
“The field is the world, and the good seed represents the people of the Kingdom. The weeds are the people who belong to the evil one.” (Matthew 13:38 NLT) In yesterday’s post we looked at pain and suffering from the standpoint of our own responsibility. We considered that much of what we often tend toContinue reading “Pain and Suffering (Part 2)”
Death Is So Final!
“As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man’s table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores.” (Luke 16:21 NLT) Increasingly, in America, there is a shrinking “middle class,” while poverty and homelessness increase their ranks. Like the rich man in Jesus’ parable, we’re so accustomed to seeing someone begging atContinue reading “Death Is So Final!”
Rejoicing When Times Are Hard
“Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will be joyful inContinue reading “Rejoicing When Times Are Hard”
Contentment
“Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.” (1 Timothy 6:6 NLT) My first mission’s trip was to an area near Lima, Peru. Nothing would have prepared me for what I saw. I cried much of the first day. The average life expectancy there was about 40 years. Children were running the streets begging,Continue reading “Contentment”
Walking With Jesus 