Day 148 – Ask God
Ask God For a lot of people, prayer is asking things of God. It is like going shopping. We have our list of all we want to have or to …
Day 147 – Shut the Door
Shut the Door I have often wondered why the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. People usually pick up the way to pray by hearing someone else …
Day 146 – Turning Your Life Around
Turning Your Life Around So many are not happy with the way their lives are going. They feel they are at a dead-end. It is hard for them to get …
Day 145 – Two Are Better Than One
Two Are Better Than One In a day in which individualism seems to be promoted, with the goal of being self-sufficient, living in covenant relationships, such as marriage or the …
Day 144 – God Is My Portion
God Is My Portion When Jacob was returning to the land of Israel, he knew he had to confront the sins of his past. He had deceived his brother and …
Day 143 – Finding Your Way
Finding Your Way I have traveled quite extensively and it is such a comfort to be picked up from the airport and taken to the place arranged for me. A …
Day 142 – Deep Calls Unto Deep
Deep Calls Unto Deep In the Psalms, David opens up to the world the secret struggles of his heart. He lays it all out in the open, for all to …
Day 141 – Believing Atheists
Believing Atheists I know that when I talk about believing atheists I am being a little sarcastic, but this oxymoron is more revealing of the culture in which we live …
Day 140 – Lift Them Up
Lift Them Up Toward the end of the eighteenth century, James Wells told a story, in his book, The Parables of Jesus, of a young girl carrying a big baby …
Day 139 – The Resurrection of the Dead
The Resurrection of the Dead “…There will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.” Acts 24.15 A few years ago, my wife and I visited the ancient …