The Lord is…longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 Think about the wars, acts of terror, onslaughts of savagery against innocent people, government-sponsored acts of genocide throughout history—it’s almost more than our sensibilities can bear when we consider how humanity has broken the… Read More »

By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2 Peter 1:4 Promises bring the future or the past into the present. “I promise I did what you asked” means… Read More »

But Paul, greatly annoyed. Acts 16:18 A couple of frustrated people sat at a counter of a diner for half-an-hour without anyone coming to take their order. They finally got up and left, but not before taking the ketchup dispenser and writing these words across the counter in “red” letters: WE WAITED 30 MIN. NO… Read More »

For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has happened to me. Job 3:25 Psychologists believe the Fear of the Unknown (FOTU) may be the fundamental fear underlying all anxiety, the one fear that rules the rest. It’s difficult to maintain normality when things hang in the balance—while you’re… Read More »

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Ephesians 6:11 Dictionaries define strategy as a plan of action intended to achieve a certain overall goal. And such a plan usually involves multiple progressive steps that build on the success of the previous step.… Read More »

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind. Ephesians 4:23 What a phrase—“the spirit of your mind.” We need the Truth to refresh our thoughts and give us a basis for sound thinking, mental health, and personal transformation. When we believe Truth, we’re grounded in a biblical worldview. Jeremiah Johnston wrote, “Faith and the… Read More »

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 1 Corinthians 2:12 When you stand on the beach admiring the flashing, splashing water, the golden hues of the sunset can take your… Read More »

We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. Romans 5:3, NLT Swiss engineer George de Mestral grew frustrated with a recurring problem. Whenever he went hiking, his clothes and his dog would get covered with burrs. The little pods were hard to pry… Read More »

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit. Ephesians 6:18 Sam James was a missionary in war-ravaged Vietnam. One of his worst moments occurred when his wife, Rachel, made a trip into the mountains on an old DC-3 propeller passenger plane belonging to Air Vietnam. When Sam went to the airport for her… Read More »

If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 1 John 1:6 A mother finds her three-year-old son standing in front of his bedroom wall, a crayon in each hand, admiring his artwork. When she asks if he drew on the wall, the… Read More »