We know God is listening when we receive answers to our big prayers, those major requests that only His providence can make happen. But there is sometimes greater joy in His unexpected, but on-purpose responses to minor incidents in our lives. These are the...
Hearing God’s Voice
In his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul wrote that twice he had tried to come to visit and minister to the church there, “but Satan hindered us” (1Thess.2:18). The Greek word for hindered is EGKOPTO and was originally used to describe a road...
Growing up in church, I often heard preachers talk about “the line of demarcation”, but I wasn’t sure exactly what they meant. I pictured in my mind a literal line that divided saved people from lost, and that stepping over from the saved side...
It seems preposterous to me that the One whose birthday is the reason for Christmas has been supplanted by Rudolph and Frosty. The reason Christmas is called a holiday is because it is a holy day. I especially love Christmas, because I love the...
My intentions could not have been purer—My purpose more uplifting when I quickly jotted down a favorite Scripture reference as I signed cards for two different friends in two different states. It was a birthday card for a dear Christian brother in Delaware and...