Live Like Daniel: How to Stand Firm in Faith
After a long day at work, Daniel entered his small Babylonian apartment and noticed the curtains gently floating away from the open window.
How to Hear the Still Small Voice from the Thundering God
On Mount Carmel, the prophets of Baal begged and bled for their god to answer them. Leaning against a rock with his arms crossed, Elijah watched and waited. It was hard to tell if he was amused or furious with what he saw. Every so often he’d call out suggestions on how to get their […]
The Surprising Center of Noah’s Story is the Whole Point of Yours Too
In the center of the vast clearing, his magnum opus slowly took shape. Piles of logs surrounded the worksite, and hired men cut and hauled the massive timber into place. Noah made sure the blueprints he was given were precisely followed. It was a technological marvel, yet scoffers would stop and laugh at the old […]
The Monsoon of Grace Found in Isaiah 58:11
The early morning rays are the first to greet me as I open up the blinds, and let the once-dark living room gradually fill with light. The house is quiet except for the hissing and dripping of coffee into my mug and the faint cock-a-doodle-doo-ing from a few blocks away. This early morning watch I […]
Five Key Principles for How to Overcome Trials in Your Life
When I answered his call, I could hear it in his voice. My stomach tightened as I prepared for the punch to the gut I feared was coming next. Then he said it, and my stomach did hurt. He had been laid off from his job again—remarkable, his third layoff in the last year (twice from the same […]
To the Mom Who Feels Invisible, There is a God Who Sees
She fell to her knees beside the spring and broke down into tears. What would she do next? In her haste to get away, she hadn’t thought about what she’d do after her escape. All she knew was that she couldn’t endure her mistress’ abuse a moment longer, and so she ran. Her life was […]
Home: The Now & Not Yet
(The following is a submission I posted to my writer friend, Jennifer Wier’s Homeward Bound Series. I’m grateful she shared this story with her readers, and I hope you’ll enjoy it too.) The landscape changed as soon as we crossed the border. Paved roads turned into dirt ones, and before long feral dogs outnumbered people […]
Four Life-Changing Benefits of Abiding in Christ
For six months, he agonized over the state of his soul. Each day, he resolved not to take his eyes off the Lord, but inevitably, daily pressures and the daily mail would vex his heart, and he’d forget God. The more he wanted to be holy and happy, the more elusive those qualities became. He […]
Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life
In 1749, off the west coast of Africa, the first mate on a slave-trading ship lay sick in bed with Malaria. Delirious from illness, and despairing because of the wretchedness of his life, he wished for an escape. Staring at the ceiling of his cabin, he recounted all the ways he had cheated death. He […]
Do Not Be Troubled: Jesus is the Way
When Elisabeth Elliot first learned that her husband, Jim, had gone missing among the Auca Indians in the Ecuadorian jungle, the Lord brought Isaiah 43:2 to mind. “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.” She prayed this simple prayer to steady her […]
