(46) The God of All Comfort

August 21, 2023

The Preface: Why does God allow difficult things to happen, especially for those who are His kids? If He is sovereign and all powerful, He could certainly stop bad things from happening. But, He is also all knowing! And being all knowing, He knows what is going to produce the deepest growth and what will […]

(45) What Amazes Jesus

August 13, 2023

The Preface: On our recent road trip, we stopped at a state park in the middle of Illinois farm country. The park was part of the Illinois river basin. It was incredible to see deep gorges and amazing scenery that you would have never guessed were there. We were amazed at God’s creation. But, this […]

(44) Out of the Treasure of Your Heart

July 17, 2023

The Preface: When you truly treasure another person, doing things for that person is not a chore. In a Godly marriage, when both spouses live for the sake of the other, it’s a beautiful thing. When the motivation for serving is because we treasure and adore the other person, serving them is easy! The same […]

(43) Abiding in the Love of God

July 3, 2023

The Preface: How much does the love of God impact you on a daily basis? It’s easy to say, “Yeah, I know God loves me. He sent Jesus to die for my sins.” But, how often do you think about all that His love means, and all that His love did and does for you? […]

(41) God’s Value on Unity

June 30, 2023

The Preface: How important is unity to you? Does ministry just continue as if nothing is wrong, even when not everyone is in unity? How about in your family? The Passage: Matt 5:21-26 Commentary: The religious leaders have becoming more and more agitated with what they are seeing in Jesus’ life. He claimed to be […]

(35) The New Wine

June 10, 2023

The Preface: How much do you like change? Even if you know the change is for the better? In our life as missionaries, we have had to learn to be OK with change. Someone said once that as missionaries we live in the perpetual state of change. We are either in the midst of transition, […]

14 How is your scent?

October 10, 2021

Our Situation: This week I took a trip to our local market. The veggie market is right across the street from the fish market. As I walked around the market, the stench from the fish market across the street was quite overwhelming. I am sure there was some pleasant smelling things in the veggie market. […]

13 Speaking with Authority

August 1, 2021

Our Situation:Have you ever sent an older child to give instruction to a younger child, only to have the child come back and tell you, “Johnnie wouldn’t listen to me.” Why? The younger child doesn’t want to be bossed by his older sibling is one reason, usually. But, the bigger reason is that they don’t […]

12-Eyes that SEE, by faith

July 11, 2021

Our Situation: What does it mean to SEE through eyes of faith? In CS Lewis’ final book in his Narnia series, he describes a scene that illustrates this point well I think. The children are all in a barn, and some of them can see Narnia, but all the dwarf can see is the walls […]

11-From Seeing to Believing Faith

June 27, 2021

Our Situation: God loves to help us to grow in our faith. Often God will use hardship and difficulty to help us to trust Him. (Rom 5:3-5) But, sometimes He uses “No” in answer to a prayer, because He wants to teach us just to trust him and learn to live by faith rather than […]