When hard times come everyone looks for a scapegoat. Blame tough times on the economy, or the government, or a mate whose use of credit cards has been less than frugal. Whether it is an organization, a church, a business, or a family, when the money begins to dry up...
Can you really count on God for your needs? Perhaps the question should be prefaced by asking, “When you were a kid, could you trust your dad for your needs?” And if so, why? “Well,” you say, “we were related. He loved me and, therefore, provided for me.” The same...
When a youth lost his way and ended up having squandered the inheritance he had received from his father, he came to his senses and said, "I'm starving here; I'm going home to my father." Jesus told the story. We call it the parable or the story of the lost son....
“Gray hair is a crown of splendor,” says the writer of Proverbs, but most of us would just as soon avoid what it represents—growing old. So we do everything in our power to camouflage the symptoms; but the reality is that as the years go by, we gradually grow older,...
Can a person be too forgiving, too soft, too easy on wrongdoing? Dr. Richard Gayton would answer no—an answer which isn't clinical, reflecting his training as a psychologist, but a gut-level response coming from a man who has every reason in the natural to hate...
It's a rather sobering thought to realize that the world judges God by what they see of Him in the lives of His children--in my life. So we look at our lives and recognize that instead of mirroring His love, justice, character, and peace, we often project a somewhat...
OK, you have decided to take five minutes a day and focus on God. You've made the decision to try it. What can you expect? For one thing, you'll discover that Murphy's law, "Anything that can happen, will happen," has your name on it. You will oversleep. You will...
The Psalmist wrote, "The plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations" (Ps. 33:11). But the question is: Can you really know the thoughts of the Almighty? Only a fool would deny that man and God think differently. We just...
"Everyone knows they're going to die," said Morrie Schwartz, adding, "but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently…[T]here's a better approach. To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can...
If you have an unsatisfied hunger for God deep down within your heart, no matter how far away He seems or how miserable you may be, be encouraged. You are spiritually alive and God's Spirit is prodding you to seek and find Him. But you may be thinking, "You don't...
