When you come to serve the Lord

When you come to serve the Lord…prepare yourself for trials. “Prepare yourself for trials?” That is a phrase you might expect a drill sergeant to say to new recruits. Or a man might say it to his son who is raising teenagers. But serving God? What...

I do believe, help my unbelief!

Let us do some basic chemistry. We know that a water molecule is made out of two elements: hydrogen and oxygen. Both elements must be present for water to exist. If either is missing, it would not be water. In a similar way, intercessory prayer has two essential...

Let us build ourselves

Let us build ourselves…a tower with its top in the sky, and so make a name for ourselves. Did you know that the tower in this story sounds very much like the ancient ziggurats that dotted the Mosopotamian landscape? These elaborate pagan monuments stretched as...

I set my bow in the clouds to serve

I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When Noah and his family left the ark, they confronted a scene of wholesale destruction – an earth that had been ravaged by a violent flood. Imagine how they must have felt...

He laid hands on…

He laid hands on the man’s eyes a second time and he saw clearly. Have you ever noticed that Jesus is never in a hurry? Instead of acting right away, Jesus gently led a blind man to a place where they could be alone. He then prayed with him and took the time to...

If you do well, you can hold up your head.

We do not know exactly why Abel and his offering were accepted, while Cain and his offering were not. Did Cain displease God in some way? Was God testing him? Or was Abel just an extraordinarily holy man? We may never know. But one thing we do know. God loved Cain....

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