Wow. God's ordering of our lives can be many things. Frightening, exciting, eventful, dull, bland, fun, and a host of other descriptors - but one stands out: everlasting. You see, this month's topic in the A Year of Listening Up series at 1Glories has been...
Some may balk when I suggest God gives us visions during meditation, but I have had one that was more real than anything I can ever explain. That’s why I firmly believe he does indeed do so. It was shortly after I had accepted Jesus in 1995 when God placed a vision...
One of my favorite verses of any book in the Bible is Isaiah 44:8 which reminds us that our one true source of stability and solid ground is our God the Father. He is the one stronghold to which we all cling. In 2007, I did a blog that I called "No Other Rock" in...
Something that has always been difficult for me is choosing a book of the Bible to study. It's true weather the study is part of a group or if it's for personal time with God. So, it got me to wondering how others settle on their Bible studies (please share your ways...
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong...
Each instant of present labor is to be graciously repaid with a million ages of glory. ~ J.W. Alexander This simple one line stood out to me. As I often do, I sought more from the source. It led me here. But first, little background on who James Waddel Alexander was....
One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes is the one where George makes up a charity and then tells everyone that, for Christmas, he's made a donation in their name to that charity on their behalf. He called that charity "The Human Fund". And then, when his boss offers a...
With the news of the Connecticut school shooting still fresh in our minds, today's devotion probably hit with greater impact than it might have otherwise done had that horrific event not occurred. The one line that reads: "Each Advent I mark the anniversary of my...