My Kelly spent part of Sunday afternoon taping handwritten signs all over the house as a constant visual reminder of something very important to her.  Even if I had not seen her make the signs, they were obviously her handiwork — it was her handwriting and it was her birthday written on the signs.  She did not want anyone to forget her…

Can you imagine knowing for thousands and thousands of years that you were on the losing side of a battle with God?  God told Satan, “My Son ‘shall bruise your head!’” (Gen. 3:15).  How often do you think Satan is reminded of the cross of Christ, where he (and his power of death) were destroyed (Heb. 2:14), reminded that there is an…

After throwing Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego into the fiery furnace, Nebuchadnezzar was amazed at what he saw.  “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?…Look!…I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God” (Dan. 3:24-25).  He saw…

In rough economic times, it is so difficult to focus on anything but the rough economic times.  When jobs are scarce and money is “scarcer,” it is extremely difficult to focus on anything but the scarcity of places hiring and money to pay the bills.  If this describes you, take a moment to reflect on the side of life that doesn’t focus…

Sometimes our “rememberer” doesn’t remember as good as we’d like it to remember.  (Ladies, that is the simple and yet profound explanation for husbands not remembering anniversaries, birthdays, etc.)  Anyway, our minds grow so cluttered and so logged with the details of life that sometimes we just don’t remember.   Some memories seem to lose their significance with the passing of time…

There is a repeated emphasis in Acts to Christ’s church and Christianity as “the Way” (9:2; 19:9, 23; 22:4; 24:14, 22).  What a truth to learn in that – the Christian “Way” (capitalized) is a singular (notice it is not “Ways”) course for followers of Christ to pursue to be pleasing to the Lord. But, consider this thought specifically.  Saul (turned Paul)…

Jesus once asked, “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?…And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you?” (Luke 6:32-33).  In the context, Jesus was addressing how we are to treat others, especially our enemies.  Interestingly, the word “enemies” is used in Romans 5:10 to describe our…

As far as I can find, the New King James Version may be the only translation that puts a proper name in Psalm 99:8, which makes it very intriguing.  Psalm 99 describes the holiness of the Lord and the awe, exaltation and praise that is due unto Him.  The Psalmist mentions Moses, Aaron and Samuel specifically, who all “called upon the Lord…