An interesting story in Numbers contrasts two ways of looking at obstacles. Before the Israelites entered the Promised Land, Moses sent 12 men to spy it out. One spy named Caleb returned, saying, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to...
"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...
As of this writing, thousands of Filipinos have gone positive for COVID-19, the virus that is sweeping the world like nothing else before. Just this fact alone can cause anxiety and undue stress to so many people, especially those struggling with mental health issues....
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...
I drove myself to the pharmacy. Coming out of it, I could not find my car in the parking lot. Walking back and forth and not finding it, I began to panic. Then I woke up. An awful dream. Which triggered a migraine. It didn't help that I've started taking pills which...
Our lives should overflow with the Holy Spirit so much that we are infectious—spreading God’s presence wherever we go. Yet why is the Spirit’s flow hindered sometimes? One obvious blockage is sin. The good news is that we simply need to repent and turn to Jesus, and...
There’s good news, friend! Life is not a matter of chance or fate. Winning is not the equivalent of standing in front of a slot machine when you feel lucky or picking the right five or seven numbers in the lottery. Some 3,000 years ago David wrote, “My frame was not...
The term “unwed mother” has practically vanished from our vocabulary. Your children are being taught that love should be “inclusive,” that two people of the same sex should have the same marriage ceremony that you and your spouse did, and that gender is a fluid...
Our journey with the Lord is by faith and not by sight—so if we want to go on with God, we must stop looking at things with our natural eyes. Spiritual things can only be understood with spiritual insight. Think of Abraham. Romans 4:3 says, Abraham believed God, and...
When Moses knew that time for him was running out, he gave a charge to Joshua, saying, "Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach" (Deuteronomy 30:11). As a man who knew his days—possibly even his hours—were numbered, he gave...