‘If I were you I’d buy a ticket for a boat going on the longest journey you can find and pray to know where to get off. If God doesn’t want you on that boat he’s perfectly able to stop you . . . or make the ship go anywhere in the world.’ Jackie Pullinger of Croydon...
This deep sea of joy is made available to us as weobeyGod–another reality that makes some bristle. They don’t realize when Christ tells us to follow God’s ways, he’s not trying to make our lives miserable. He’s showing us the way to enjoyabundance of life(John 15:9-11; John...
Another reason for a peace/freewill/thanksgiving/votive offering may have been a prosperous harvest or the birth of a healthy child. We can imagine a worshiper vowing to the Lord that, if He blessed him with a healthy child, he would make a special sacrifice or offering. The votive offer...
cancer, or any serious illness, is not as terrible as in our imagination. It is not necessarily fatal. If you panic, it might decrease your ability to make good decisions. At this time, you must have a clear mind to decide on a course of action. God comforts and...
This month, think about what you can do to lighten the load for a family near you! If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.James 1:5 NKJV ...
“God didn’t make bad things happen to you but God is so amazing that He can make good things out of the bad that has happened and He will make you whole again.” “Where God guides, He provides. No matter how things look, God is still in control. Stay in peace and be hopeful...
I will help you.” Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you insect Israel! I will help you, says the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. Now, I will make of you a threshing sledge, sharp, new, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, ...
Faith In God - Although bolstered by evidence and transformed lives, our faith should be simple and pure, like the perspective of a child. Family Prayer - Do you have a desire to pray together as a family but lack the confidence to do so? This will help! Can you give me several pray...
we will make of this whole world a new world. But love, love is the only way.Currie also paraphrased Jesuit PierreTeilhard de Chardin quote:Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time...
Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them.Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest ...