It’s been snowing all day, sometimes heavily, and I’m guessing we have about 6 inches so far. The Dependable Weather Man said it would stop at 10:30 this morning, but since it’s after 3pm and it’s till coming down, I’m doubting his dependability.
Our daffodils are covered with snow, poor things. Otherwise, I shouldn’t complain because [...]

When slightly warming a lemon in the microwave so that it gives off more juice, the operative word is slightly. I turned to do something else and left it in for about 30 seconds. Big mistake. When I reached for the lemon, it exploded and shot juice onto my hand and arm, leaving a bleeding [...]

Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea.
A great high Priest whose Name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands,
My name is written on His heart.
I know that while in Heaven He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart.
When Satan tempts me to despair
And [...]

Almost every weekday I talk to husbands and wives who are struggling with the impact of sexual sin on their marriage. The issue that always rises to the top of the heap is the response of wife to husband. That’s the basis of what I was thinking about this morning as I did my 50 [...]

Exhortation to Prayer ~William Cowper
What various hindrances we meet
In coming to a mercy-seat!
Yet who that knows the worth of pray’r,
But wishes to be often there?
Pray’r makes the dark’ned cloud withdraw,
Pray’r climbs the ladder Jacob saw;
Gives exercise to faith and love,
Brings ev’ry blessing from above.
Restraining pray’r, we cease to fight;
Pray’r makes the Christian’s armour bright;
And Satan [...]

There is nothing in us or done by us, at any stage of our earthly development, because of which we are acceptable to God. We must always be accepted for Christ’s sake, or we cannot be accepted at all. This is not true of us only when we believe. It is just as true after [...]

Would you be a featherbed warrior instead of bearing the rough fight of love? He who dares the most shall win the most; and if the path of love is rough, tread it boldly, still loving your neighbors through thick and thin. Heap coals of fire on their heads, and if they are hard to [...]

Because my husband is a counselor, we’re often asked the question, “Can people really change?” The short answer is, “Yes, absolutely, through the work of the Holy Spirit in their lives.” Sometimes during the conversation I ask the person about their own life and whether they have experienced change through the Spirit’s work in them. [...]

Do you often feel like parched ground, unable to produce anything worthwhile? I do. When I am in need of refreshment, it isn’t easy to think of the needs of others. But I have found that if, instead of praying for my own comfort and satisfaction, I ask the Lord to enable me to give [...]

I’ve been reading Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost For His Highest every morning for twenty years or so. By now, most of the passages are as familiar as old friends, but they still have a freshness that creates a longing for more of Christ. I love today’s reading:
We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a [...]