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Forgiveness is sticky! We’re grateful for it when we want God to forgive our foolishness and self-centeredness. We like it well enough when someone who has hurt us in the past, finally declares they were wrong and would like us to forgive them. When it comes to seeking the forgiveness of someone else over something […]
“Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?” Matthew 6:34, NLT This question that Jesus posed to His listeners, is a good one for each of us to consider. After all, we’re a nation of worriers. God wants us to be a nation of warriors…prayer warriors. He wants us to win over […]
In The Never-Ending Story, a fantasy civilization is being destroyed by “The Nothing.” The Nothing slowly works to deprive every living thing of imagination, thinking, or even reading a good book. The nothing creeps in like a thick, dark cloud to keep people believing more in the “Nothing” than in the “something” they still have. […]
The writer of Ecclesiastes 9:7 said this: Seize life! Eat bread with gusto, drink wine with a robust heart. Oh yes–God takes pleasure in your pleasure! (The Message) If I get to have a laugh-out-loud kind of day, relaxed, and just having fun, I never think about how important it is to God for me […]
Some of you may remember a book I wrote called, “What a Great Word.” I loved the opportunity to create this book because it gave me 366 ways to write one key word, one simple word we all know, and then spin it into a new thought, perhaps one we hadn’t considered before. It certainly […]
We all know Job had his share of troubles. In fact, he had more troubles than any of us would ever care to deal with. He lost his friends, his family, his livelihood and his health. He lost his position in the community and a sense that he understood what God wanted from him. He […]
Here’s a piece from my recent book, It’s Still Possible. Think about a big balloon. It’s designed to fly. It has incredible possibilities to float high and travel far. It’s colorful and brilliant and capable. It’s perfectly made, well-rounded, and easy on the eye. It only needs one thing. It can’t fulfill its calling […]
Here’s a short prayer for everyone who feels a bit crushed by life’s circumstances. It seems we can still learn a few things from Humpty-Dumpty. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, and he saves those whose spirits have been crushed. Psalm 34:19, NCV Dear Jesus, I feel like Humpty Dumpty after he […]
The bright star in the night sky sometime around the birth of Christ may forever be a mystery. Since we just celebrated Epiphany, the event of the Magi visiting the Christ child, I’d like to pause for one more moment to consider the story further. Of course, some rule it out as fiction, and some […]
I have a new book in the works that will come out sometime next year with Broadstreet Publishers. It’s called Prayers to Strengthen Your Soul. I hope the book will inspire readers to recognize that nothing on earth separates them from the love of God. Psalm 73:26 says, “My flesh and my heart may fail, […]
