Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who minister by night in the house of the Lord Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord. Psalm 134:1-2 NIV A Servant of the Lord Do you have words that you just love the way they sound as they roll off the...
No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God,” since God is not tempted by evil, and he himself doesn’t tempt anyone. But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire. Then after desire has conceived, it gives...
One Day at a Time I stumbled across a song by Christa Wells called “One Day” while I was traveling to an oncology appointment at Stanford where I was to find out whether or not I qualified for a clinical trial. I was feeling pretty anxious not knowing exactly what my...
But although the world was made through him, the world didn’t recognize him when he came. Even in his own land and among his own people, he was not accepted. But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are...
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.” Isaiah 41:10 NIV A Routine Surgery Last Spring, I underwent a serious but fairly routine surgery for a uterine tumor. As I laid in the recovery room, all my vital signs were...
“Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart. They do nothing wrong; they walk in his ways. You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed. Oh,...
