Learning to Focus on Jesus

‘I have set the Lord always before me…’ Psalm 16:8 NKJV Frank Laubach’s life began to fall apart when his plans for the Maranao people of the Philippines were rejected. Then, after losing three children to malaria, his wife and remaining child moved away. In...

Be a Barnabas (2)

‘…Barnabas…encouraged them all…’ Acts 11:22–23 NIV Former US President Ronald Reagan earned the nickname ‘The Great Communicator’ because he was a gifted public speaker. Earvin Johnson earned the nickname ‘Magic’ because of what he could do with a...

Be a Barnabas (1)

‘…Barnabas…encouraged them all…’ Acts 11:22–23 NIV Our talents should be used ‘…for the edification of the church…’ (1 Corinthians 14:12 NKJV) The word ‘edify’ comes from an architectural term which means ‘to fortify, construct, and build up’....

God Will Not Forget His Promise to You

‘I will remember My covenant…’ Genesis 9:15 NIV The rain Noah experienced was a symbol of judgment. But after the flood God said, ‘…Never again…’ (Genesis 9:15 NKJV) He told Noah, ‘…the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember My...

Get Your Shaker Ready!

‘You are the salt of the earth…’ Matthew 5:13 AMP We keep trying to find happiness the wrong way. We attempt to find it by getting instead of giving. Love must give; it’s the nature of love to do so: ‘live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself...