The Crabby Old Woman
Crabby Old Woman When an old lady died in the geriatric ward of a small hospital near Dundee, Scotland, it was believed that she had nothing left of any value.... Crabby Old Woman When an old lady died in the geriatric ward of a small hospital near Dundee, Scotland,...
When You Thought I Wasn’t Looking
When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you hang my First painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one. When you thought I wasn’t... When you thought I wasn’t looking, I saw you hang my First painting on the refrigerator, and I...
Cell Phone vs Bible
What would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones? What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets? What if we turned back... What would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones? What if we carried it around in our...
Is There ‘Junk ’ In Your Life?
Picture a big ship being worked on in a dry dock. Beneath the waterline is all the ‘junk’ it has picked up during its voyages. Nobody can see it, but an experienced captain can feel it because his ship lacks the ‘oomph’ it once had. As a result, companies complain...
Master
The Disciples were overwhelmed by a sense of failure: ‘We have toiled all night and caught nothing’ (v. 5 NKJV). Look at them, washing their nets—the last thing fishermen do before they pack up and head for home. And that’s when Jesus showed up! He waits until you’ve...
Live For God Until Your Last Breath
WHEN ASKED, ‘How do you grow old so gracefully?’ Alexandre Dumas replied, ‘Because I give all my time to it.’ If you’re over fifty, let your age be measured by your spiritual progress instead of a date on the calendar. How would you like to have these words engraved...
Confront Your Fear (2)
One of the greatest breakthroughs in modern psychology is the Law of Reversibility. It works like this: when you feel a certain way, you act accordingly. And when you don’t feel like doing something, but you do it anyway, that same dynamic creates the feeling...
Confront Your Fear (1)
There are different kinds of fear. There’s the kind that warns you to stay away from fire. There’s the kind that cultivates respect for God (Psalms 2:11). Oswald Chambers said, ‘When you fear God, you don’t have to fear anything else.’ There’s fear that makes you feel...
Platform
Standing on a specially-built platform within Jerusalem’s newly-built walls, Ezra, the scribe, read God’s Word to the people for six hours. As he read it, they wept, worshipped, and went home rejoicing. Think: God’s Word is so powerful that all you have to do is...