When Jesus Comes to Wake Me Up

When Jesus Comes to Wake Me Up

“Mom, is there a God?” His question came out of the blue, and Mike’s mother knew she needed to get her 13-year-old son to church to meet his Creator. Saturday morning, she packed her seven children into the car and headed for the nearest Seventh-day Adventist church....
Bubbling Over

Bubbling Over

“May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope.” Romans 15:13 (AMP)  It was so hot—Sahara Desert,...
A Miracle, or Random Phenomenon?

A Miracle, or Random Phenomenon?

Do you believe God still performs miracles? If you worked where I work, there would be no doubt in your mind. In the 3ABN Pastoral Department we receive calls from apprehensive and fearful people. We pray together and give them a promise from God’s Word to which they...
Three Good Samaritans

Three Good Samaritans

It was just “one of those days” for Kaye. The so-called “Murphy’s Law” (if anything can go wrong, it will) seemed to be in full swing. Later, she contacted our Pastoral Department with a special praise for the way the Lord turned things around. “I hadn’t been feeling...
Effective, Fervent Prayer

Effective, Fervent Prayer

3:49 a.m.—the tone alert of an incoming text awoke Sharon*. It was a message no mother wants to receive. Her 15-year-old son Colton* had sent a video of himself, sitting forlorn on his bed. Animated writing in black font filled in atop his image, “WAS I a bad son?”...