Children grow up and they want to be liked…to be accepted…to fit in and belong. When that doesn’t happen, they often wonder, “What’s wrong with me?” Further, they sometimes will change who they are, how they behave, how they talk, how they dress, in order to be liked and accepted by certain people. Are adults much different? We all want to be accepted. So, when we…

We might hear someone say something and think, “I feel like that’s got to be right.” We might read a news report online and think, “I feel like that’s the right thing to do.” We might see a friend choose a certain path and think, “I feel like they’re ok in that.” We may be faced with a choice ourselves and think, “I feel like…

The Lord Jesus was teaching some things “openly” with which Peter was not comfortable (namely, about His suffering, rejection, death and resurrection), and so “Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him” (Mark 8:31-32). Can you imagine? Rebuking the Lord because of what He was teaching publicly? “But when [Jesus] had turned around and looked at His disciples” (no doubt to consider what…

The Christians to whom Peter wrote his first letter were suffering terrible persecution because of the name which they wore (1 Pet. 4:16). Their “adversary, the devil” was truly prowling around, “seeking someone to devour” (5:8). These Christians were urged to “resist” him and remain “firm in your faith” (5:9). But, WHERE IS GOD? Sometimes when the devil is testing us, we want to know what…

I have learned some great lessons from some great Christian servants! I have visited numerous people in the hospital (who were in there for a variety of reasons) and numerous other people who were in their last days and moments on this earth. While these folks needed great attention and comfort, it has been amazing to me how many of them have asked how…

On March 11, 1864, the Dale Dike Dam in South Yorkshire, England broke and flooded the city of Sheffield. More than 600 houses were damaged or destroyed and more than 240 people lost their lives. It is believed that a small leak in the wall of the dam expanded until the dam failed. Can you imagine? All of that devastation caused by just a small…

Just like you, Jesus experienced storms in His life. To make it through our own storms, we would do well to follow His example. One day, “when evening had come” (Mark 4:35), Jesus “got into a boat with His disciples” (Luke 8:22), “just as He was” (Mark 4:36), in order that they might “cross over to the other side of the lake” (Luke…

I don’t know about you, but there is nothing I’d love more right now than the vaccine! Things would be so much better for everyone! It is the only way right now to bring about peace—collective peace for everyone and personal peace for me! Truly, without the vaccine, I am missing out on the best time of my life! I am separated from the best people…