Who or What Are We? 

Who or What Are We? 

Although she was a stray, she was a beautiful cat with long, luxurious black fur. Her bright green eyes, sparkling like emeralds, earned her the name of Bijoux. Because she preferred to live outdoors, when it came time to have her spayed, she had to remain in the cat...
Praying Like Jesus Did

Praying Like Jesus Did

Do you long for a better prayer life? Do you ever find yourself losing focus on what you are praying about? Well, let me share with you five essentials of the prayer life of Christ! 1) Jesus had a time to pray. “Now in the morning, having risen a long while...
This Is the Way…

This Is the Way…

It was the beginning of my sophomore year of high school; the last year I would be attending my small, local Christian Junior Academy. As thoughts circled around in my head about where God would lead me for my junior and senior years of high school, I felt a little...
He is Faithful and Just

He is Faithful and Just

Tell me if this scenario is familiar: You just committed what you think is a very serious sin. You feel the conviction of the Holy Spirit to repent, but the thought pop into your head, What you did was so horrible! You can never be forgiven by God. Then you start...
Clueless

Clueless

The skies were overcast—the wind blustery. The weather forecast called for snow in southern Illinois. But the real gloom on the horizon was a jaw-dropping prayer call ahead of me. It was a hectic day on the prayer line. As soon as I hung up one call, another was...
God Has the Answer

God Has the Answer

There I was again—three weeks in a hospital, with back-to-back discharges, only to be readmitted the following day. Daily diagnostic testing, lab work, and all the constant busyness of hospital care. The severity of my illness came in bouts of 48–72 hours which led to...