Last weekend I was listening to Lysa TerKeurst of Proverbs 31 Ministries as she spoke in a class I was attending. She said, “Ten years ago unsaved people wanted to know if Jesus was real. Today, people want to know if Jesus works.” This simple statement hit me like a…
Read moreAnd Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.” – Joshua 3:5 NKJV I was driving home the other day from bible study when a song playing from my iPod brought back a vivid memory that I will never forget. The memory…
Read more“Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14).…
Read moreThe tall, thin black man approached my husband and me as we crossed the busy Chicago street. He asked if we were from the nearby Bible school and we assured him that we were. Studying in downtown Chicago provided many opportunities to meet unique individuals from homeless drug-addicts to young…
Read moreWe are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 2 Corinthians…
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