We can always depend on the fact that the Lord keeps His word, even if we fail or falter. Have you ever let someone down when you did not keep your promise? If we are honest, we have all failed at one time or another to keep our promises. It is easy to blame others …
God’s covenant with Abraham gives a fantastic insight into the Lord. As the Lord unfolded the covenant with Abram, we see that it depended on God’s grace. Grace is God’s undeserved love. When the Lord came to Abram, he was seventy-five years old, and Abram waited another twenty-five years before the child of the promise …
Questioning God is not unusual when we don’t understand what the Lord is doing. My nephew passed away after suffering from cancer at age twenty-five. When a tragedy strikes, we are left with many questions. Why, Lord, did this happen? In this life, we often don’t understand why things happen, but we know we can …
When the Lord reassures us, it gives us comfort, peace, and encouragement. When we think of being soothed, we think of children, but as adults, we also need reassurance. Mothers of children seem to have a great capacity to reassure their children. When we are comforted, it enables us to move forward in a situation …
God’s plans lead to change. I have experienced this, which is typical of what believers undergo worldwide. While change can be difficult and pull apart relationships, it can also be an excellent time to bring you to a brighter future. Think about a person addicted to drugs that embraces an intervention program, an abused woman …
The fact that God initiates His work in us gives us fantastic insight into how He works. The Lord’s initiation tells me how much He loves me, wants to draw me to faith, and then works through me to build His kingdom. When I was thirty-six years old, the Lord began to work in my …
Trusting the Lord is the cornerstone of our relationship with Him as we journey through life, and it is not always easy. To trust is to believe what the Lord has told us to be true. Faith is also trusting in the Lord’s promises. Hebrews chapter eleven is called the faith chapter of the Bible …
In the middle of a story about healing, Jesus inserts an unexpected comment. Matthew 8: 11 I say to you that many Gentiles will come from east and west, and will sit down to feast at the table, and enjoy God’s promises with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven because they accepted Me as Savior, 12 while the sons and heirs …