Dear Ones: If ever there was a clear message concerning the individual’s gifts and calling of God, it is found in John 10:3 where Christ declares: “…He calleth His own sheep by their name, and leadeth them out.” With that individual call comes all that is associated with it, capacities and enablement. (1 Cor. 12:11)…
Dear Ones: Fear is an enemy…except when running from a bear, and even then, its dominance might lead to a wrong decision!! It is amazing that the Bible speaks so much on the matter of fear, and especially in the form of a commandment of God: “Be not afraid….,” or “Fear not.” Why is it…
Dear Ones: If we are like sheep, the sheep of His pasture, how much do we really grasp of Who the Shepherd truly is? Every fresh and new glimpse of Christ, should bring us into a deeper, more thankful, and delightful response to His gracious appeals. Let’s look briefly at Psalmist’s and Paul’s knowledge of…
Dear Ones: Just before Moses went to be with the Lord, the Lord instructed him to go up into Mount Nebo, and this, in order to “behold the land of Canaan.” (Deut. 32:49). In spite of the fact that Moses was not permitted to cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, the land of…
Dear Ones: I’m sure that we have all seen how quickly a rising wind can change a tranquil body of water into raging waves, a powerful sea. What would be the effect if the wind of God blew strongly on our little sea, our lives and those around us? In speaking of the new birth, […]…
Dear Ones: I’m sure that we have all seen how quickly a rising wind can change a tranquil body of water into raging waves, a powerful sea. What would be the effect if the wind of God blew strongly on our little sea, our lives and those around us? In speaking of the new birth,…
Dear Ones: When Abraham “…was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, (he) obeyed; and went out, NOT KNOWING WHITHER HE WENT.” (Heb. 11:8) We know that Abraham went as far as Haran, where he stayed until his father died. And then, either by remembering the substance…
Dear Ones: The psalmist, in Psalm 42, writes concerning his thirst for God, and this in the context of his tears and just simply being overwhelmed by life, “…all thy billows are gone over me.” (v.7) It sounds a bit like the experience of Jonah when he declared from the belly of the fish, “……
Dear Ones: The importance of the Ascension of Christ cannot be underestimated. However, even though the early church put more emphasis on the Ascension than the birth of Christ, I’m afraid that we have missed, even lost, the life-changing significance of this singular event. In Daniel 7:13-14, we find that, “…there was given to Him…
Dear Ones: Hope is very powerful thing. A blessed, anticipated result at a future time can carry one over some very rocky and dangerous roads. I heard of a brother in Christ who was very close to death, but just the cleaar picture he had in his mind of him walking out of the hospital,…