When we reach out to help people suffering from disasters or other ordeals, it’s important to offer practical assistance, but it’s even more important to offer the life-changing hope of Jesus Christ. Diffculties are not a sign that God has abandoned us, but a reality...
Ok, so if some things cannot be avoided what can I do with stuff that comes or happens? If you are going to fly somewhere, there could be turbulence at times when the aircraft shakes and bounces like a car on an old road. If you are going to sail somewhere there could...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL If God really is supernatural, should we think it strange when miracles occur today? Put more personally, can we trust God for that which has no human explanation? Or should we simply conclude that God put the world into operation, then...
The moment had finally come. Shisham was about to give birth to her first child, and her husband, parents, and extended family gathered close, full of anticipation. There had been health complications along the way, but Shisham wasn’t prepared for the tragic loss of...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL “Faith,” alleged the agnostic Samuel Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, “is believing what you know isn’t true but wish it were.” George Mueller would not have agreed. And who is George Mueller? In the event that name doesn’t register,...
"Still" — The word means motionless, unmoving, quiet and calm. It’s hard to get to this point physically and spiritually…but that's where the human spirit is able to hear from God. That’s where conscience speaks. That’s where memory recalls what’s wrong, what’s...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL We all have someone we’d rather not forgive. Two men are assigned to the same team at work. They come from different tribes with multi-generational histories of violence. One remembers stories his father told him. The other carries deep...
For all of humanity, God says,“I love you. I have loved you enough to provide a way for you to have a relationship with me. I have loved you enough to form a unique plan for your life. I have loved you enough to provide for your needs.” God goes on to say, “However,...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL It’s easy to look at wicked people who seem to have everything and wonder if doing what’s right is even worth it. An ancient poet and musician named Asaph felt exactly that. Asaph wrote Psalm 73, a song in the Bible. He looked at the...
Is it really possible to fall in love all over again? Alzada lives in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. She’s a young woman who’s been married for seven years. She says that her husband is a good man, but she just didn’t feel that she loved him anymore. “I have...