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...

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...

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...