“Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!” (Psalm 27:14). Many times, maybe most of the time, when we pray, we have to wait for God’s answer. We don’t understand why we have to wait. Many times in the Bible, Jesus immediately answered…
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Before and After
“All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalm 139:16) This phrase came to me recently and had me thinking about things “before and after”. I hear my son remind my two-year-old granddaughter, “Say please.” Then what comes after please…thank…
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But God…
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” (Romans 3:23) I have sinned, fallen, lost my temper, said some bad things, messed up, got off the Path, made wrong decisions, got lost, didn’t follow directions, had unbelief, doubt, lack of faith, and had unforgiveness. But God… Can…
What If?
The Bible is full of heroes, ordinary people, scoundrels and kings, all who had a part in shaping history. There are lots of things that could have happened differently in Biblical history that would have drastically changed things for us. As I thought about this, I came up with several…
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Gone!
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” (Romans 3:23) Since that first bite of the apple in the Garden of Eden, we have all been tempted and have, from time to time, fallen short into sin. But the sacrifice and price Jesus paid at The Cross…