I wonder if Mondays seem to be an uphill climb for you, as they are for many people around the world? If so, perhaps you’ll find encouragement today in the fifth and final chapter of the first letter to be written and sent to Christians, all across the Roman empire, in the early […]
Do you sometimes wish you could foresee the future and what your life will be facing next month or next year? Or have you ever wished you would never again find yourself caught up in an argument or conflict? Join me again today for answers to those questions, as we work through the very first […]
Of all the muscles in your body, which do you suppose might be the strongest at least in terms of potential impact power? I think it’s TONGUE! It’s a relatively small muscle but oh my we use it for so much in our lives: eating, swallowing, drinking, tasting, and most powerful of all TALKING! Piles of books have […]
I assume most of us see a wide variety of people every day. Have you given yourself a ‘soul check’ recently? What do I mean? What wells up inside your heart when you see someone in a chauffeured limousine or driving an extremely expensive car? And what wells up in your soul when you see a homeless person […]
We have probably all had the experience of taking some well-deserved time off after completion of a long and very demanding project or assignment, right? I mean the type of assignment which required everything we had to give… time, energy, emotions, finances, physical stamina etc. If you’ve had that experience, you may recall you finished that […]
Today, let’s join the apostle Paul and Barnabas in a tremendous homecoming reunion. It may have been one of the highlights of their entire lives! I left you with them yesterday in the town of Pisidian Antioch. They were re-tracing their journey during which they had brought the Gospel of Jesus Christ into […]
Have you ever been caught in an unruly crowd, perhaps you might even call them a mob? Did that mob suddenly become violent and were you frightened for your life? That happened once to me, and I was nearly trampled to death as a boy. My father saved my life by raising me up […]
Despite your best efforts to do the right thing and be helpful to others, do you find there are those who doubt your motives or outright oppose you? How do you handle such opposition? Yesterday we watched as Paul and Barnabas, despite their best efforts to be helpful to the people of Pisidian Antioch, were actually opposed […]
INCLUSION is a very powerful word in our world, isn’t it? Most people welcome the feeling of being INCLUDED and resist any group from whom they feel EXCLUDED. This time of year, many people are relocating to live in other places or changing jobs so the hunger to be INCLUDED or BELONG can sometimes be […]
Have you ever been at the ocean shoreline long enough to watch the tide go in or out? Or have you watched a major change in public opinion, in a very short period of time? Today, let’s join Paul and Barnabas as they experience a rapid tidal wave change of opinion among a group of people […]
