Dear Lord: My friends and I need a fresh touching or influencing from you today. Our love-lives are messed up. We know we are to love you with all our hearts, souls, minds, and actions. There are to be no close seconds. You are to be our consuming passion for whom we constantly yearn. Never … More A Prayer for a Greater Love
The Scripture is full of times when God watched and allowed his children to be hurt. Pharaoh and the Egyptians hurt the Israelites. Satan buffeted Job, and Saul troubled David. Saul of Tarsus hurt the church, and the Roman Empire hurt Paul. God was present; at any time he could have stopped the hurt. More than this, God … More When God “Rightly” Hurts Us
Satan sought to lead astray his fellow angels. Exhaustive details are not presented in scripture, and we are not sure what ploy he used or what bait he offered, but in the end, thrirty-three precent of God’s angelic ambassadors joined Satan’s cause. He proved to be the very successful tempter. Some time later, Satan sought to lead away Adam and … More Flight, Fight, and Find a Friend
Unfathomable Grace 