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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Change always means leaving the security of the familiar and learning to trust God, the power greater than ourselves. Abraham, originally called Abram, began his journey toward friendship with God when his father, an idol-worshiper, decided to go to the land of...

Genesis 12:2 New International Version 2 “I will make you into a great nation,     and I will bless you; I will make your name great,     and you will be a blessing. Years have passed since God’s promise to Abram that he would become “a great nation”. Abram has grown...