LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL History has rarely given women a voice. Jesus not only listened to women—He sent them out as gospel messengers. World rulers are usually associated with armies, conquering lands, and collecting wives. If you were a woman living under...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL Many people see singleness as something to escape from, a waiting period before “real life” begins. But God doesn’t see it that way—and neither should we. Too often, we treat marriage as the ultimate goal, making single people feel like...
Waiting is a hard thing to do. Waiting when you're in love seems impossible. It was a love story that crossed borders. Kelli met Chris when she was working as a nanny in Australia, but her home was far away in America. Their courtship was a tricky one, spanning...
Whether you live in Manila, Miami, or Mumbai, stand-still traffic is a uniformly despised pain. When you're stuck in traffic, you're on a journey all right, but you feel like you're getting nowhere. The full stops of life are even more disheartening. As you were...
Have you ever lived through the water-rationing, dead plants, and discouragement of a drought? Brandt was a farmer who had labored three years into a devastating drought. The lack of rain meant that crops weren’t growing, and yet year after year, Brandt kept sowing...
Words are powerful and that goes for the words we say to ourselves all the time. Do an online search for "affirmations" and in 30 seconds, you'll have 245 million results. We have ourselves convinced that speaking positive words to ourselves or over ourselves will...
How often do you find yourself saying "I can't wait until…" I can't wait until I graduate. I can't wait until I get married. I can't wait until I get a raise! Anticipating the future and looking forward to achieving goals is exciting. But, constantly pinning all our...
Who hasn't tried to cover up a mistake? A woman once reached for her favorite teapot to prepare some tea. But was she ever surprised, when the teapot fell to pieces in her hand! The person who had last handled it had obviously dropped it, but carefully arranged all...
Does God have fun…or is He only concerned with weighty matters? It was the trip of a lifetime. For her 60th birthday, Cookie's husband took her to a resort on a tropical isle, complete with over-the-water cottages. They lounged, laughed, ate, and snorkeled in the...
Many people say religion is something you believe. Jesus says it's something you live. In a small Bible college, a class on helping those in need explored the story Jesus told of the Good Samaritan. Samaritans were people of mixed race and part Jewish ancestry. The...