The world seems to be spinning out of control lately. The daily news is a deafening cacophony of unrest, uncertainty, and chaos. People are angry and anxious. Life, as we knew it growing up, has changed. Change can be harsh and create even more mounting tensions. I believe there will…
Read moreI hope you don’t mind but I wanted you share with you a few thoughts from my experience of having a personal loss in the midst of a national tragedy. My husband was one of the firefighters killed in the line of duty on September 11, 2001. I share these…
Read more“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9 What kind of life matters? The life of an elected official? A servicemen? The life…
Read moreHave you ever asked yourself the question, ‘Why should I pray?’ R. A. Torrey, a former president of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, once wrote ten powerful reasons why we as believers should pray: There is a devil and prayer is the God-appointed means of resisting him. Prayer is God’s…
Read more“When I had lost all hope, I turned my thoughts once more to the LORD. And my earnest prayer went out to you in your holy Temple.” Jonah 2:7 NLT I find it quite interesting that the above scriptures are not a prayer for deliverance but a prayer of thanksgiving.…
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