The fullness of God has been set within us, we don't need more of Him; it is just that our lives have become so cluttered with distractions, fears and dependencies on this world that we are unable to sense and experience that fullness. We become spiritually numb; the part of us that ...
I praise youfor the glimpses of heaven we experience from time to time of what it will be like when all creation is “brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God,”–because of what you accomplished[4]. Such glimpses include: The exquisite beauty of nature, causing us to ...
“Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience . . . without God there is a coarsening of the society; without God democracy will not and cannot long endure. . . . If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone ...
The breeze was steady. It had backed a little further into the north-east and he knew that meant that it would not fall off. The old man looked ahead of him but he could see no sails nor could he see the hull nor the smoke of any ship. There were only the flying fish that went...
I first met Ig in the summer of 1966. I saw her again in spring 1967 at Biba. She admired a dress I was wearing and invited me to a party that night. From then on we used to go clubbing. She was a lovely, sweet, funny girl and was always on the scene at gigs and events. ...
help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4: 16). “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” (Hebrews 11:6). Bold faith is the kind of FAITH that pleases God !
Scripture offers us many examples of God providing for his people, from the ram in the thicket that Abraham could sacrifice in place of Isaac (for which Abraham named the place “The Lord will provide,” or in Hebrew, “YHWH-jireh”) to the triple provisions of water, manna, and meat ...
In the wake of political corruption, lawlessness, God-hating, and evil within the governmental system, other than prayer, what is a Christian to do? Can Christians effectively influence their society for the good of all people, understanding that we wage war not against human flesh, but against...
We praise you, O God: That you are willing to use our earnest prayers to change the course of our nation, to stay your hand of judgment, and make us into the kind of people you long for us to be in the process[1]. That you are all-wise and all-powerful. There is no problem ...
That enlightenment helps explain that puzzling first line, “Joy to the world, the Lordiscome” (emphasis added). I’ve often wondered why Watts didn’t choose “hascome.” Ms. Poblete gives us indication. God’s grace (explained in part by the acronym, God’s Riches at Christ’s Expen...