The handstand I was about to attempt was going to be the most graceful I’d ever done. I could already see it clearly in my mind’s...

What made me think the porch was the quiet, peaceful place to have a serious chat with the Lord, I don’t know. But my sense of wonder had...

. . . be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 1 John 5:4...

Reading the book of Esther recently made me realize afresh, the power of prayer that moves the heart of God, which in turn changes the...

As news channels continue to shock us with the latest on Russia’s efforts to conquer Ukraine and Ukraine’s valiant resistance to being...

“. . . God is on our side when we have made sure that we are on God’s.” [i] I’m not typically one who spends much time praying over...

Grasshopper days. I suspect we’ve all experienced them at one time or another. You know, those days when obstacles loom large before us...

When speaking in prisons, my husband often begins by asking inmates the question, “How many of you, when you got saved, asked Jesus to...

Sunday’s sermon was a powerful, timely word out of Jeremiah 23:15–20 and Matthew 24 about the critical hour we’re living in. I probably...

It all started with an answer to prayer. . . . and grant to Your servants, that with all boldness they may speak Your word. [i] Boldness...

When I heard the thwack! against the house, it was too late to intervene. The Cooper’s Hawk had its victim pinned to the ground and was...

There’s no avoiding the heaviness around us these days. It bombards our senses, tries to dull us to the manifold generosities of God,...

I’ve felt a little out of sync with God lately, and thus out of sorts with life. Call it sin, call it the devil, call it that nasty...

My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is thy God? Psalm 42:3 This scripture usually conjures...

I prophesied over some dry bones today. I figured if God gave Elijah the command to prophesy life over the whole valley of dry bones in...

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the spirit of the...

The kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and...

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7 I can’t count how many times I’ve prayed this...

Open your mouth for the speechless, in the cause of all who are appointed to die. Open your mouth, judge righteously and plead the cause...