“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you.”— Isaiah 41:10 Whenever I think of God’s faithfulness in the midst of suffering, I am reminded of my dear late friend Corrie ten Boom, the remarkable Dutch woman who, with her…
True Love Puts Others First
Love is patient, love is kind… It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. — 1 Corinthians 13:4–5 “I can’t live with him, but I can’t seem to live without him either,” her letter said. She added that she had moved out of their house three times,…
Keeping Money Our Servant
Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink. . . . Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. — Matthew 6:25, 32 We aren’t supposed to let money become the most important thing in life, but when bills mount, it’s hard not to become preoccupied. The problem is that…
Making Godly Decisions
In all your ways submit to him, and he will direct your paths. — Proverbs 3:6 (NIV) Are you facing a significant decision? Then look again at these words in Proverbs 3:6. Implicit in this verse is the truth that God knows what is best for us, and that He wants to guide us so…
Is God Getting His Share?
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. — Philippians 2:5 We Christians are not to be conformed to this world in the way we think. The world by its advertisements, its conversation, and its philosophy is engaged in a gigantic brainwashing. Not always consciously but sometimes unconsciously, the Christian is beset by secular and worldly propaganda,…
God Works for the Good
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding. — Proverbs 3:5 There will always be secrets and motives of God that lie beyond our grasp. God knows everything; we do not. Only in Heaven will we understand God’s ways more fully. As Paul said, “Now I know in part,…
Through Him Who Gives Me Strength
A friend told me of a nonbeliever who came to him in the midst of a troubled day. Knowing my friend was a Christian, the man asked, “If I get born again, will all of my problems go away?” “No,” said my friend, “but you will have the power to deal with them.” God will…
Overflowing Joy
But the fruit of the Spirit is . . . joy. — Galatians 5:22 The word joy has all but disappeared from our current Christian vocabulary. One reason is because we have confused joy with happiness, and have come to believe it is found in pleasure, security, and prosperity. In doing this, however, we have…
Can We Be Sure We Will Go To Heaven?
What is meant by “broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it” (Matthew 7:13–14)? Jesus was close to the end of His earthly life when He preached these words in the…
Does Heaven Really Exist?
Does the Bible say very much about Heaven? Jesus mentions Heaven about seventy times in the book of Matthew alone. It appears from the very first verse in Genesis—”In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”—to the last reference found at the end of Revelation—”[He] showed me the great city . . .…