Bringing Light to Life
When you’re discouraged, find out why. During a time of despair, the author of Psalm 42:4-5, wrote: “Why are you downcast, O my soul?Why so disturbed within me?Put your hope in God,for I will yet praise him,my Savior and my God.” Dangerous Lies Like the psalmist we need to ask ourselves: “Why am I discouraged. […]
Comparisons are odious. If we compare ourselves to someone higher on the food chain we feel inadequate. If we gaze at someone who has less money, education, power, good looks or toys, we feel superior. Let’s not kid ourselves, we all play comparisons. And we’re not the only ones. The tiny pebbles and small white […]
Leaders sometimes face intractable opposition. The resistance seems too strong, too entrenched and too organized. Resources seem too limited. That’s how Moses felt when God appeared to him in the burning bush and said, “I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt” (Ex.3: 10). Moses responded to […]
Jesus performed amazing miracles. He opened the eyes of the blind, healed lepers, cast out demons, and raised the dead. In each case, Jesus did for others what they couldn’t do for themselves. At its core, that’s what Christianity is about. It’s about God doing for us what we can’t do for ourselves. Just as […]
Why? It’s the question that hits first and lingers longest. Why me? Why now? Why this? Most people don’t even try to answer such questions. How could they? That’s what makes the words of James, the half-brother of Jesus, so unexpected. He said the purpose of testing is to produce “perseverance” (James 1:2-4). Instead of […]