When Will the Mountain Move?

  I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;     therefore I will wait for him.” (Lamentations 3:24 NIV) “Pain, be gone in the name of Jesus!” Isn’t that what Jesus told us to do? He said if we speak to the mountain, meaning our mountain-size problem, that it...

An Amazing Answer to Prayer

  So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying. (Acts 12:12 NKJV) My phone came alive buzzing with the familiar ringtone signifying I had a call from my...

When God is Silent

  I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me. (Job 30:20 NIV) Have you ever felt alone in your suffering? No one gets it, and even God is silent. Each night after my spinal fusion surgery was a repeat of the night before....

Unacceptably Acceptable

  “If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which...

As the World Shakes

  Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by...

Closing the Distance with the Prodigal

    Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it. (Psalm 139:6 NKJV) Over thirty days have passed, and no word from my daughter. I should be accustomed to this by now. She always pulls away when her life takes a wrong turn....