Category: Devotionals

The Privileged Life: Of Angels and Saints—Living Among the Unseen

“And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, ‘It is a ghost!’ And they cried out for fear.” (Matthew 14:26) I just spent four nights sleeping in a supposedly-haunted room.  Last week, my beloved husband and I enjoyed a short trip to Charleston, S.C., having booked a room in a… Continue reading The Privileged Life: Of Angels and Saints—Living Among the Unseen

The Joy of Imagining Heaven – Blog – Eternal Perspective Ministries

When Marco Polo returned to Italy from the court of Kublai Khan, he described a world his audience had never seen—one that could not be understood without the eyes of imagination. Not that China was an imaginary realm, but it was very different from Italy. Yet as two locations on planet Earth inhabited by human… Continue reading The Joy of Imagining Heaven – Blog – Eternal Perspective Ministries

Not Too Young: In Praise of Marriage for (Christian) Young Adults

As a Christian girl in the late eighties and early nineties, I had admittedly eclectic taste in music. My more predictable Paula Abdul, Amy Grant, New Kids on the Block, and Newsboys cassette tapes were stacked neatly on my bookshelf alongside showtunes, a variety of Disney movie soundtracks, the Oak Ridge Boys, The Planets, Abba, and… Continue reading Not Too Young: In Praise of Marriage for (Christian) Young Adults

The Triune God as Our Daily Supply is a Foretaste of New Jerusalem 41-3-1 last

Ephesians 4:4-6, “One Body and one Spirit…One Lord…One God and Father of all…” The application of the New Jerusalem in its triune existence is described in Ephesians 4:4-6. These verses show how the church can exist with the Triune God—with the Father, with the Lord, and with the Spirit….The Bible is a book full of revelations… Continue reading The Triune God as Our Daily Supply is a Foretaste of New Jerusalem 41-3-1 last

Conduct Before God, Part One: Holiness

Read closely 1 Peter 1:13-16 and refresh yourself on what we learned before in 1st Peter 1:1-12. Believe it or not, the Lord cares about what we do—our conduct before Him, others, and in the church. As we continue in 1st Peter, we will learn just how much He cares. We are not constrained, but liberated, to conduct… Continue reading Conduct Before God, Part One: Holiness

It’s Time for Inventory: Taking Stock of Wisdom

What’s on your list of priorities for today? It’s a wise practice to inventory your life every so often to make sure that priorities haven’t gotten disordered: to look at money spent, time invested, and activities undertaken to assess where your true priorities lie. We all know that it’s far too easy for items that… Continue reading It’s Time for Inventory: Taking Stock of Wisdom

When God is Silent – Terry Nightingale

1 Samuel, chapter 28, contains what must be one of the strangest stories in the Bible. The prophet Samuel was dead and the king, Saul, with the Israelite army, found himself going to war with a fast-approaching Philistine army. Although Saul was an experienced soldier and army commander, on this day he “was afraid; terror… Continue reading When God is Silent – Terry Nightingale

Keep legacy in mind – Divorce Minister

Skip to content And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. –1 Samuel 25:1a, NIV When my maternal grandfather died, they shut down his small North Dakotan town to bury him. That’s the sort of impact I hope to have on those… Continue reading Keep legacy in mind – Divorce Minister