“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:17) Last week, I arrived at my office for another stress-filled day. As the morning wore on, I began to experience shortness of breath and tightness in the chest. I couldn’t believe it. It just couldn’t be a heart attack. I began to think things through and finally concluded that all the signs pointed to trouble. Besides the fact that I was short of breath and had pain in my chest, I had the […]

“Many sorrows shall be to the wicked. But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.” (Psalm 32:10) We’ve all heard it when we have one of those insurmountable needs that life brings our way. Our Christian brothers and sisters will tell us to turn it over to the Lord. “Put it in His hands,” they will often say. That’s great advice and I certainly don’t disagree with it. But the spiritual question is how? Turning a problem over to the Lord is an easy thing […]

“For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones…” (Psalms 37:28) We often think that God is never around for the little things. That’s mainly because the only time we ever look for him is when hard times come our way. The truth is God is always with us and reveals himself to us in small ways, too. There’s a wonderful story in Chapter 6 of II Kings that illustrates my point. The Prophet Elisha, who was Elijah’s replacement as God’s prophet to Israel, […]

“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” (2 Corinthians 5:14-15) My wife and I went through a terrible storm several years ago, one of those storms that life brings your way. It was ferocious. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for us, the wind would pick up and […]