Second Timothy 2:3 says, “Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” A soldier has to know his instructions. Orders are rules of play. King Jesus said, “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you” (John 20:21). We can learn the rules of play, if we read in the Bible…
Why Shouldn’t I Just Quit?
For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. — Lamentations 3:22-23 There’s a little Dairy Queen somewhere east of LA on the 10 freeway. The 10 is the big east-west artery between inner city Los Angeles, where I had been breaking my heart trying to birth a ministry, and my…
Climb the Right Mountain
“Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this.” —Psalm 37:5 In 1988, Jim Hayhurst Sr., a forty-seven-year-old former Procter & Gamble professional and advertising executive, became the oldest member of the Canadian Expedition to reach the summit of the tallest peak on earth, Mount Everest. Jim’s book, The…