Are you trusting, supportive, and accommodating? Are you the kind of person who is always seeking harmony in your
relationships? Are you someone who can manage to be content in any situation? Is laziness your Achilles’ heel? If so, you just may be a peacemaker.
Peacemakers ...
Ten pm. Saturday night. Pregnant, I sat on the bathroom floor in tears.
“It’s just so hard to cook dinner every single night!” I sobbed.
My husband listened quietly. A patient man, he clearly empathized.
Then he spoke. I could make all the meals at the beginning of the ...
Storms are not optional. Both saint and sinner suffer. We live in a fallen world with a spiritual adversary. As Christians, we contend daily with our old nature. We suffer at times for doing wrong and at times for doing right. We are vulnerable to sickness, disease, and ...
Psalm 23 is one of the most well-known and beloved psalms in the Bible. David expresses his trust in God’s provision and protection in a way that most in his culture would understand. For most of us to gain similar appreciation, learning more about shepherds and sheep will ...
Lions are described as the king of the jungle and for a good reason. Lions are majestic, strong, and courageous. They are also fierce protectors. A lion’s roar can be heard five miles away. Jesus is known to us as the Lamb of God (John 1:29). He is also known as the Lion of ...
When you think of worshipping Yahweh, what do you think of? How is it done? Most people would say the part of a church service of singing praises is the “worship” part of the service. This is true, but there is so much more to worship. We honor and worship Yahweh during the ...
The Hebrew word chesed in some Bibles is translated “lovingkindness” and in other versions “steadfast love”. In Micah 7:18 and 20, chesed was translated “unchanging love”. Lovingkindness, steadfast love, and unchanging love combined provide a good definition of God’s love. ...
As a pastor, I try my best to get out and visit the sick and elderly. I feel a tension when visiting an elderly or really sick person. This tension is I want to pray for their healing, but I also acknowledge that everyone I know will probably die. I have had people in my ...
Samuel the prophet told Israel:
1 Samuel 7:3. “If you return to Yahweh with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to Yahweh and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
They ...
The advent of social media and influencers has increased our society’s tendency to conform everyone to a single way of thinking, dressing, and living. Most of us do not question our received mores and habits. We just go with the flow, hoping to look cool or at least not ...
The Old Testament is full of typology concerning Christ Jesus of Nazareth. The sacrificial system of the law serves as type for the sacrifice that Jesus made for all of humanity. Passover shows that through the sacrifice of a lamb, death passed over those of obedience. ...
As you begin a new year, it’s a good time to take stock of your relationship with God. Often this means taking a hard look at your life, thought patterns, and habits to honestly evaluate them in light of Scripture. When you honestly do that, you may discover that you’ve ...
