The scriptures say that close to 40 years had gone by. The Israelites must have thought after all those years that their crying had fallen on deaf ears. Was the Lord listening? Were they crying in vain? Do you ever feel that way? You have asked God to deliver you from something and it seems as…
Lynn Cowell, author of the new Bible study, Make Your Move: Finding Unshakable Confidence Despite Your Fears and Failures. Fail. It’s a word I’ve heard my kids use when something goes wrong. Just plain “fail.” It’s a word I know as well. Failure is what I felt when I’d done all I knew…
“When the world is on your back, and you think that you will never last. When you’re lonely and you are confused, I’ll be right beside you.”
I have decided to remove the word “lucky” from the Pope household and replace it with the word “blessed”. Nothing is left to chance. Luck has nothing to do with blessing. The writer of Hebrews tells us that rewards come to those whose seek the Lord. In Deuteronomy, we read of God’s blessings given to…
“Though the trial still goes on, Your grace will be my song.”
I was driving out of the neighborhood the other day and saw something that made my heart twist in pain: a sheriff’s deputy car parked outside the home of one of my neighbors. Beside the deputy’s squad car was a moving truck. The woman of the house came out the front door, arms full of personal…