Today’s Word
The Other Side
Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. John 11:21 If – Do we really have any clue what God is doing in the circumstances of our lives? Consider poor Martha. Her brother dies. Her life is thrown into tragedy and chaos. Nothing seems to make sense, especially the fact that…
Wailing Walls
Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name Psalm 86:11 Unite – Our lives are often psychological memorials to the Titanic. We construct one isolated compartment after another, keeping the icy cold waters from overflowing and taking us to the depths. But all those…
The Presence of Need
“Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus” Luke 16:24 Send – How difficult it is to remove the blinders of our own cultural surroundings! When I returned from Honduras and wrote about a family in desperate need of housing, I received an e-mail from a woman who lives there. She said that it…
The Sin of My Strength
Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak Genesis 32:24 Left Alone – We know the story. Jacob wrestles through the night with the Angel of the Lord. He is defeated but he will not succumb. In the process, God gives Jacob his new name, Israel. There’s nothing particularly noteworthy…
Biblical Jamaica
and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity. Luke 8:14 Pleasures – Hedonism II, the infamous Jamaican singles resort, brings images to mind that appeal to sensual delights. The owners of this resort have gone to great lengths…
Having It All
and the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful Mark 4:19 Deceitfulness –The “worries of the world” really means “getting my share of the pie.” But getting my share is only one side of the story. Jesus…
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