When I was growing up, at one time there were three teenage boys in our house, ages 14, 16, and 18, each of us thinking we should be “king of the hill.” We would get to “roughhousing,” in the living room, which was not a good...
If you truly trust the Lord, why would you ever pray anything except, “Thy will be done.” If you truly believe that God loves you, that He has only His best in mind for you, if He knows more than you know and can do more...
The story is told of when, in the early days of the space program, NASA outfitted astronauts with training goggles that had special lenses that turned their vision upside down. As they pushed the boundaries of human limitations for the sake of the space program,...
If you are a Christian, the Holy Spirit lives in you ("...
Are Surgeons Good or Bad for You? I have awakened from four different surgeries in my life feeling truly awful. In one case, my knee hurt, in another, my abdomen hurt, in two others, my shoulder hurt. Mentally, I was in a fog, unable to think...
Have you ever wondered what it is that God wants from us? He doesn’t need anything from us, so why did He create us? What does He want from us? Well, God created us to love us. In 1 John 4:10, we read, “In this...
I grew up with a terrible self-image. My family was poor, I was skinny, I had dyslexia and other learning challenges. As a result, I felt insecure, incompetent and inadequate. It has taken a lifetime to moderate those initial childhood self-evaluations. As a result, I know...
Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to our relationships. What we don’t know about ourselves can hurt us. And, it can keep us in the shallows with God. We all develop coping strategies to help us deal with our own perceived inadequacies. Depending on our...
Dogs have been stealing the hearts of humans for centuries, and have come to be known as “man’s best friend.” "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies." Anonymous "Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the...
When Jesus' disciples asked Him to teach them to pray, He gave them what has come to be known as “The Lord’s Prayer,” which has a specific order to it. In principle, here is what He taught His disciples: Hallow (revere) God as your loving heavenly Father. Our...