“Comfort, comfort My people… Speak tenderly from the heart to revive those in Jerusalem, and proclaim that their warfare is over. Her debt of sin is paid for, and she will not be treated as guilty. Prophesy to her that Continue Reading →
One sunny summer afternoon more than 40 years ago a friend said, “Let’s write a song.” She suggested a verse from Psalm 143, and we were off and running. We wrote “In Thee Do I Trust” at a time when Continue Reading →
The best lessons often use the fewest words. Pastor Les is one of many fellow-laborers in the Lord that taught me things I still use. One of his best quotes — and his straightforward manner of speaking — were inspirations Continue Reading →
Familiar verse from Ephesians: “Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Recently it broke into my awareness that I could not rattle off the parts of the Continue Reading →
“Will we run out of air today?”I have never lost sleep worrying that one morning I’d wake up and all the air in Florida would be gone because I forgot to make more. Our lives depend on many things around Continue Reading →
Sometimes fears and worries whirl in our minds like a dog chasing his tail. We churn and burn and get nowhere. We can fix that kind of scatter by switching our gaze to the Lord. In prayer we can hand Continue Reading →
Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?” says the LORD; “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD. (Jeremiah 23:24). If this were a government or even another human speaking, we would Continue Reading →
This is a “story” song encouraging us to live for God and do kingdom work during all our days here on earth — regardless of what fields we end up working in. The song combines ideas from a Billy Graham Continue Reading →
The philosopher Seneca lived at the time of Jesus Christ and the apostle Paul. One of his quotes rocked me: “Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.” I might have used those words to Continue Reading →
Do you go through your days with a sense that your life is meaningful? Do you know why you are here? Are you confident of your purpose, your place, your function? The Bible completely answers these questions. What’s more, the Continue Reading →