" You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great." Psalm 18:35There are very few family friendly TV shows during prime time these days. On any given Sunday night at 7 p.m., however, the Lantz family has usually gathered in our bonus room to watch one of our favorite shows, "Extreme Makeover--Home Edition" with Ty Pennington and … [Read more...] about Stooping Down
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The Comfort of His Constancy
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Hebrews 13:8I am facing something in my life that has forced me to relive emotions I first remember experiencing the spring I turned fifteen. The spring of 1983 found our family preparing to go back to the Congo after twelve months of living in the United States. I had become deeply attached to so many people in my youth group. I … [Read more...] about The Comfort of His Constancy
Who Is Really In Charge?
Elisha said, "Listen! God's word! The famine's over. This time tomorrow food will be plentiful—a handful of meal for a shekel; two handfuls of grain for a shekel. The market at the city gate will be buzzing." The attendant on whom the king leaned for support said to the Holy Man, "You expect us to believe that? Trapdoors opening in the sky and food tumbling out?" "You'll watch it with your own … [Read more...] about Who Is Really In Charge?
The Angel of His Presence
"In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them..." Isaiah 63:9On a remote African mission station, in the province of Bandundu, my mother was anguishing in prayer at my bedside. I was in the throes of a serious bout of malaria. My father was away from us, called off the station on an evangelism trip. Those were the days before we had the short wave radio … [Read more...] about The Angel of His Presence
