A Grateful Response

[Daniel] prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.  Daniel 6:10 Raw fish and rainwater. An Australian sailor named Timothy survived on […]

Happy Thanksgiving

Two slices of toast, a handful of jellybeans, some pretzels … not quite what comes to mind when you think of Thanksgiving dinner? It’s not […]

Partnership with God

You give them something to eat.  Mark 6:37 When my friend and her husband struggled to conceive, doctors recommended she have a medical procedure done. […]

Character Change

Make every effort to add to your faith goodness.  2 Peter 1:5 Family gathered around the bed of Dominique Bouhours, a seventeenth-century grammarian who was […]

Making Wise Choices

Your word is a lamp for my feet.  Psalm 119:105 Sell my late mother’s house? That decision burdened my heart after my beloved, widowed mother […]

Speak to the People About Jesus

Please let me speak to the people.  Acts 21:39 Paul had gone to the temple for the Jewish purification ceremony (Acts 21:26). But some agitators […]

Spiritual Fitness

Train yourself to be godly.  1 Timothy 4:7 Tre is a regular at the fitness center and it shows. His shoulders are wide, his muscles […]

Delivering Help

Your servant will go and fight him.  1 Samuel 17:32 When Heather’s job took her to Tim’s house to deliver his take-out meal, he asked […]

A Handful of Rice

In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 2 Corinthians 8:2 The state […]

Loving Our Enemy

Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Matthew 5:44 During World War II, US Navy medical corpsman Lynne Weston went ashore with […]