Words of Life

Just before school started up for James in the late summer of 2013, we crawled into bed early one night. It had been a full few weeks since Katherine had the painful screws from her broken leg surgery removed, and we had just returned from a wonderful weekend of ministry…

To condition yourself to be happy, you must possess a grateful spirit. Expressing gratitude magnifies our happiness and brings us more happiness.  Most people don't get thanked. There are so many invisible people running in and out of our lives, providing services we take for granted, and they never get…

When James and I found deliverance from the strongholds in our lives, we still had to learn the importance of standing together against Satan's schemes, because when God removed those strongholds, there was an empty place that had to be filled with something. The Bible says, "When an evil spirit…

I've come to the place where I have had to stop telling people, "I'll pray for you." I simply know that despite my good intentions – and these promises are almost always spoken with good intent – I know that nine times out of ten I just don't remember to…

This weekend marks one of the most tragic and triumphant moments in human history. On a hill shaped like a skull, the Son of God hung on a cross between two thieves. Satan surely thought he was witnessing God’s greatest defeat, but he was witnessing his own ultimate destruction and…

The most important words in both the Lord's prayer and Psalm 23 are the first few, four in the Lord's prayer and three in Psalm 23. "Our father who art..." In other words, "Our father who is..." The Twenty-third Psalm begins with basically the same grand truth: "The Lord is..."…

Nobody debates whether "good" means something beneficial or whether "doing good" is a worthy aim. Everyone wants "good" in the world. But our individual definitions of good, and means of achieving it, differ by a wide mile.  To arrive at a Christian understanding of good, we start with the Bible.…

When you hear the name Jesus, what is the first word that comes to your mind? Gentle, loving, patient, and compassionate are usually the top choices. One descriptor that is usually not at the top of anyone's list is intolerant. To employ such a word to describe the Lamb of…

It was one of the most highly anticipated races ever run. Today, running aficionados still refer to it as the “Miracle Mile.” England’s Roger Bannister was the first in the world to run a mile in under 4 minutes but he only held the record for 6 weeks until John…

I’m travelling this week. My ticket is paid and issued, my bags are packed (well, almost), and my destination set. But despite this preparation, I will never get there if I don’t do one important thing: board the plane. The same is true for our walk with Christ. In a…