Given February 20, 2016 Do you even have dreams for your life? Do you think you’re too old to dream or too young to think about that? Well, God has dreams for you: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and…
Author: Bill
Retired from education in 2007 but back to work in 2008. Retired again in 2010, back directing a Foster Grandparent Program in 2011, retired for the third time in December 2015. Now to see what God has for me next.
You Are Special
Given February 2016 “You are a holy people, who belong to the Lord your God. He chose you to be his own special possession out of all the nations on earth.” (Deuteronomy 7:6) I’ve been reading in Isaiah since the first of the year and I’ve noticed something. In those…
Taste and See
Given January 21, 2016 The devil disguises his offerings to us to make them look tantalizing and tempting. In fact, he changes himself to fool us, “… for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” (2 Corinthians 11:14). So, I want you to picture this scene: You’re going…
The Lord’s Prayer, Personalized
Given January 14, 2016 I use the Lord’s Prayer as my pattern for prayer each morning and have personalized it to pray for several needs in my life and the lives of others. I was listening to a podcast from Jentzen Franklin recently and he had a guest who had…
Get With the Program
Given January 3, 2016 “And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.” (Hebrews 12:1C) Here is a thought about God and prayer that came to me recently. God is not a coin-operated machine where you drop in a coin (prayer) to instantly get what you…