Seeing His Hand in Your Life Do you long to have holy moments as much as I do? I wouldn’t be at all surprised if you’ve already experienced many such moments but simply failed to recognize them. Perhaps what you thought was a chance meeting, a...
To her friends, Debbie Lascelles was known as “the Texas cream puff.” She knew all the current makeup techniques, could style her hair into the perfect “Texas'do” and could paint her nails to match any outfit. But there were some things Debbie couldn’t do, like...
It’s easy to believe in providence when it’s working to our advantage. But if things get shaky, we mistakenly think God has fallen asleep at the wheel. Charles West said, “We turn to God when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is...
Have you ever heard of Dr. Helen Roseveare, the famous British missionary doctor to the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo)? Her life’s motto was, “If Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make...
Sacrifice and surrender are just as the Methodists of Swan Quarter, North Carolina, did in the fall of 1876. They had decided to build a new church for the glory of God on a highland spot right in the center of town. After selecting this...
Providence best describes the final phrase in Psalm 37:5: “He shall bring it to pass.” This is a simple step to discovering God’s fingerprints in your life. Be confident, delight in Him, develop holy desires, commit everything you do to the Lord, and trust God...
“Love means never having to say you’re sorry,” was perhaps the most histrionic (and most quoted) line delivered in any movie during the 1970’s. Another overly sentimental phenomenon from that era was a comic strip called “Love is…” It featured cupidesque couple extolling the virtues...
Do you find it difficult to make commitments? Is it even harder to live up to them? After saying yes to something, do second thoughts plague your mind? Or does the dread of starting new projects or setting personal goals immobilize you? If you answered yes...
The psalmist wrote, “O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge” (Ps. 62:8, NLT, emphasis added). Some people believe that trust is just for the big stuff, like when a doctor says, “It’s...