Adoption Into The Family

Can you imagine prospective parents saying, “We’d like to adopt Billy, but first we want to know a few things. Does he have a house to live in? Does he have money for tuition? Does he have a ride to school every morning and clothes to wear every day? Can he prepare...

Do You Need Encouragement?

I want to be your encourager, a voice that cheers you on to believe that God is who he says he is and that walking in his ways will prosper your soul. There’s a lot at stake. Without personal encouragement we begin to lose sight of the goal. We get lost in the...

How Will Struggles Change You?

One might consider Joseph a spoiled brat, favored by his father over ten older brothers. He got the fancy clothes and preferential treatment and apparently thought he deserved them. When he had a dream of his brothers bowing down to him, he had the gall to tell them...

Bravery

Jochebed holds her baby close. As this boy grows, the chance that Egyptian soldiers will hear him increases. He seldom cries loudly and nursing him quickly quiets any noise. But his babbling proves harder to contain. He smiles and makes such sweet noises that Jochebed...

Take Out the Old and Bring In the New

To this point, Isaiah’s warnings have been about God’s judgment on specific nations. But here he broadens the word of doom to encompass the entire world: destruction will come to all who sin. The picture he paints is of devastation so complete that it will rival the...