I stood there looking at the ground fifteen feet below me with a sinking feeling. I would have to climb down again and admit defeat. My heart fell. Our family lived 420 miles outside of the capital city of Kinshasa when we were growing up in Congo. We loved to visit because there were other children to play with and wonderful food to eat at the American Club. We called … [Read more...] about When Our Need For Security Holds Us Back
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For My Sake
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NIV)I was ten years old. … [Read more...] about For My Sake
The Best Investment I Could Make
"As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent … [Read more...] about The Best Investment I Could Make
Small Things
"For who scorns the day of small things?" Zechariah 4:10 (HCSB)The Lord has been speaking to me a lot about the importance of faithfulness in the little things. No house stands without a foundation of small concrete blocks being built one on top of the other. All of us, no matter what degrees we have earned, all started out in kindergarten. Anything great starts out little. That especially goes … [Read more...] about Small Things
What Does Obedience Look Like?
"Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." John 14:21 (NIV)I hate celery. I have tried over and over again to like it. No matter what I do, I cannot choke the stuff down without a tremendous struggle. I especially don't like it when it is cut up small and is mixed with … [Read more...] about What Does Obedience Look Like?
The One Thing I Can Give
"If you love Me, you will obey what I command." John 14:15What can God not have unless I give it to Him? This is the same God who spoke the worlds into existence. He is everywhere at all times and always has been. He was never born. He will never die. He cannot be unfaithful, evil, or falsely represent Himself. A God with that power should be able to take whatever He wants, whenever He wants, … [Read more...] about The One Thing I Can Give
