Have you ever said to yourself, “What was I thinking?” Generally it is after we have not thought something through, and the corresponding action was not well received or the best action to take. I am prone to say it gets worse with age, but that is not necessarily the ...
I have always been so impressed with a certain queen in the bible named The Queen of Sheba. There is an amazing record of her hunger to know whether the things she had heard about King Solomon were truthful or not.
2 Chronicles 9:1-9. Now when the queen of Sheba heard of ...
Let’s Start Churches Together: Four Ways to Get Involved
The mission of Living Hope International Ministries is to make disciples of all nations. To arrive at this mission statement, we did not hold a vote, consult experts, or run focus groups. No, we have a higher authority than public opinion—a direct command from our Lord ...
My cell phone tells me every so often that I am a candidate for falling. Evidently, the phone does not feel secure in my pocket. As I age, I look more and more carefully at my path ahead. I can be mad at myself or the universe that I am not as nimble of foot as in my youth, ...
When Jesus read the Old Testament prophecies about himself, it must have been illuminating, awe-inspiring, and at times exhilarating. Yet, it also must have been daunting and even terrifying. Through the prophecies, he gained a clear understanding of God’s will and the ...
This One Trait Can Change Your Life – And Jesus Had It
Once in a while, my wife, Ruth, makes a homemade dessert before dinner. The kids and I can smell it, can almost feel it calling to us, “eat me”. Inevitably, I’ll find myself standing over it in the kitchen. I’m looking at it, and it’s looking at me. I start to consider if ...
“Endurance” refers to withstanding hardships, obstacles, and fatigue in your life without giving up. Perseverance is the persistence to continue working towards a goal. In this article, I would like to share that if we are going to stand each and every day for Yahweh, we ...
By Jeff Deuble
In a card game, we don’t have a say in what cards are dealt to us, but we do get to choose what card we will play in response to what’s “on the table”. Similarly, in life we don’t necessarily control the events or circumstances we’re “dealt” – our DNA, ...
Our mission at Living Hope is to make disciples of all nations. We take this directly from the last words of our Lord in the Gospel of Matthew (Mat 28:19). We do this through every avenue we can: books, websites, videos, podcasts, articles, events, and more. We want to see ...
“Remember” is an important word for our well-being. Remembering is necessary for us to live successfully each day. What if we didn’t remember to eat or sleep? Maybe not remember to go to work, or that we have children to get off to school? As one ages, one can forget who ...
In both the Old and New Testaments, we see that God expects us to love our neighbors as ourselves (Lev 19:18; Mark 12:31). Although we often focus on the “love your neighbor” part, today I’d like to draw attention to the “as yourself ” part. Why should you love yourself? ...
The Patient Jesus: Lessons from the Road to Emmaus, Part 3
In this three-part series, we walk with two of Jesus’ followers who had such strong preconceived notions about the Messiah that they failed to recognize the resurrected Christ when he was staring them in the face. In parts 1 and 2 of our series, Jesus approached two ...
