In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly1 Samuel 1:10 It is often said that prayer is a personal conversation with God. That sounds extremely easy. However, every praying person will be the first to confess that it is not an easy undertaking. However, the results are phenomenal. I call prayer the heart’s language … Continue reading A Recipe for Effective Praying

“What is truth?” retorted Pilate. With this he went out again to the Jews gathered there and said, “I find no basis for a charge against him – John 18:38 When Jesus speaks, the truth stands before you. You cannot turn it any other way. Either you embrace Him and be free or deny Him … Continue reading When Truth Speaks

Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw – Acts 8:13. He was boastful and extremely popular in Samaria, with power and control over the minds of the people by his magic. They said he was “the divine power known as the Great Power” … Continue reading The Deceptiveness of the Heart

King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have gone over to the Babylonians, for the Babylonians may hand me over to them and they will mistreat me”Jeremiah 38:19 The fear of man is a crippling enemy of faith. It pitches our thoughts against the conceptions of other people and neutralizes our determination … Continue reading The Fear of Man

Whenever Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll, the king cut them off with a scribe’s knife and threw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll was burned in the fire – Jeremiah 36:23. Jeremiah 36:23 When Smith was finally arraigned before the Magistrate, the court was jam-packed. The small town of Kinsu was … Continue reading Contempt for God’s Word

Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me – Ruth 1:17.Ruth 1:17 In the late nineteen nineties, we had the privilege of hosting a young man in our home in Ghana. He had finished his one-year … Continue reading Our Influence

For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did indeed receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?1 Corinthians 4:7 Chris had become a very successful entrepreneur right out of college and had been predicted by many to become the richest man in his country … Continue reading Simply Grace

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seenHebrews 11:1 Trying something new is always threatening. We have lots of dreams and draw plans for them, but most of them do not get off the drawing board. Fear of many things hold us back. Areas that suffer most include … Continue reading What IS Holding You Back?

Make sacred garments for your brother Aaron to give him dignity and honorExodus 28:2 Many times, we look at service in the church as a chore and drudgery. We have no joy in God’s service. We even forget that our very life is ministry to God. We get distracted by circumstances, offences of people, the cares … Continue reading Called To Serve With Dignity And Honor