Homestake Reservoir. We never arrived. Driving home from an out-of-town weekend, we took an unexpected turnoff to “go exploring”… but we never traveled far enough down the road to discover the lake’s wilderness beauty. In addressing the Corinthian church,...
Are you willing to sit at the banks of the Brook Cherith? I Kings 17:5: “So he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and lived by brook Cherith…” Old Testament prophet Elijah...
He gives us Himself as Our reward, when we seek Him. Hebrews 11:6 states, “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those...
The continual soaking of rain has softened seeds that had never had the chance to form roots and grow. I was amazed at the bright bursts of color all across the grass. Flowers were coming up everywhere. Not dandelion...
“The church camps around the sermon; Israel camped around the Presence. Learning to recognize, treasure and carry this Presence is at the heart of the Christian life. Recalibrating our hearts to this supreme value affects everything.” Bill Johnson,...
Sometimes a “taste” of something leads to a craving, a continual desire for more. That may have been in the back of Paul’s mind when he addressed the Ephesians and said, “I pray that the eyes of your heart...
It’s raining again. I was thinking about spiritual parallels to “rain” … and I touched on an unexpected “connection.” An “ah-ha!” moment, of sorts. Matthew 44:45 records Jesus teaching, “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those...
What the Lord has done, for us… There is an old-ish song titled “Give Thanks” in which one of the verses reads, “And now, let the weak say, ‘I am strong,’ let the poor say...
Barbara Wentroble, founder and President of International Breakthrough Ministries, wrote, “My plan is to walk with God and serve Him as long as there is breath in my body. Are there hard places in serving God? Yes. Does that stop...
There’s more to this scene than the photo reveals. Against the darkness of the clouds, the brightness of this rainbow radiates out as a vibrantly bright banner of color. It could rightly be called “a blaze of glory,” a...