“But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in his midst, they will hallow my name.” (Isaiah 29:23) I taught a Sunday school class several years ago during which time I recounted a testimony that had been given at another church. A young man, barely in his 40’s, had sustained a massive heart attack, died and was resuscitated. When he regained consciousness, he was angry that the doctors and nurses revived him because he had seen a glimpse of heaven and did not want to […]

“For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.” (Matthew 13:15) When I was a small child, my family watched Oral Roberts on television every week. In the early years of his ministry, Roberts conducted healing services and won notoriety nationwide for the miracles that God performed. I remember one particular Sunday morning at the end […]

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.” (Psalms 37:74) We live in a world that teaches us that we are at the center of whatever success or failure we experience. You know the old saying, “There’s nothing you can’t accomplish if you put your mind to it”. That all sounds real good, but it’s not true. Actually, it’s a form of humanism and we see it every day. So it’s no wonder that we often face problems in our own lives with the notion that […]

“Wisdom is with aged men, and with length of days, understanding.” (Job 12:12) When I was in the hospital recently, I had some unfinished business to conduct from my bedside and asked my secretary to request a visit from several of the county commissioners for whom I work. One of the commissioners who came to see me is a pastor and one of the wisest public officials with whom I have worked over the last 34 years. When he entered my room and took a seat, he simply […]