Prayer May Produce Trouble

Prayer May Produce Trouble

Are there things you have prayed about for a long time and they’re worse now than when you started praying? That has happened in my life. How could this possibly be? If I talk to God about something, I don’t expect things to get worse! I expect things to get better....
There is Healing for Your Broken Heart

There is Healing for Your Broken Heart

Are you feeling broken-hearted today? If so, you are not alone. The human condition is one of heartbreak, because of the sin-broken world we live in and our own predisposition to breaking each other’s hearts. “For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery,...
How to Trade Revenge for Forgiveness

How to Trade Revenge for Forgiveness

“I don’t get mad—I get even!” reads the message on the bumper sticker. The taste of vengeance is so sweet—or is it? When the Japanese invaded China in World War 2, William’s family was torn apart. His father was imprisoned and died there in...
9 Steps to Forgiveness

9 Steps to Forgiveness

Excerpts from the book, “Forgive for Good” by a Stanford University professor: “Anger during a situation, or anger at a situation is fine; hanging on to that anger after the situation is long over, isn’t.” The thing about long-term or...