I have always loved this time of year. In the last month, my family has enjoyed carving pumpkins, watching Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin, digging out school sweaters and jackets from storage, and dressing up in princess and superhero costumes. On Halloween night we even went out and...
Blessed are those who dwell in Your house, ever singing Your praise!Selah. Blessed are those whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. Psalm 84:4–5 In Old Testament times, it was common for God’s people to long for God’s Temple in...
Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 God has given me a passion to see men and women grow in their faith, particularly in how they view money, as control of money has been a struggle in my own life. For...
Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonour they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy. Isaiah 61:7Do you ever feel discouraged by your past mistakes and regrets? My friend, please...
Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. James...
Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be His treasured possession. Deuteronomy 14:2b “I choose you.” This is the foundation of a healthy and lasting relationship. It can only be built between two people who choose one another and take full...
Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the labour of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls – Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation...
The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. Proverbs 16:4 God uses suffering as an antidote to our fleshy nature. In a sense, suffering is like the painful chemotherapy to the cancer of sinfulness in our lives. We can emerge from the...
What a year it has been! During these last days of the year 2020, if I were to ask you “Where are you in your joy index?” What would you say? And… what is "joy" to you? As Christians we can enjoy the absence of fear and doubt — a joy that is always available because we...
Have you ever said this: “I should have done it differently!” Many of us live with regrets. Many of us “should ourselves to death!”If you are looking at the future through coloured lenses of the past, you can never actually move forward. It’s as if you were...