On My Mind

Nothing is impossible with God. Abraham and Sarah would soon have a hundred candles on their cake. They had no children, not one. So when God told them their descendants would be as numberless as the stars they cracked up. “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” God asked. “I will return to you at the […]

Hope Solo is impossible! Hope was Goalkeeper for Team USA that won the 2015 Women’s World Cup. She guards her territory with a sneer and dives like she’s on springs instead of cleats. She played every minute of the seven-game World Cup tournament, had five shutouts and an outlandish 567 minute stretch where she didn’t […]

“Have mercy on us!” Jesus ignored them, but they stayed on his heels, trailing him to his pad. He knew what these blind guys wanted—they wanted their eyes fixed. And he knew what he wanted—he wanted them to answer a question … “Do you believe I am able to do this?” “Yes, Lord.” “According to […]

“God always keeps his promises” (Num. 23:19 CEV). “There is no question that he will do what he says” (Heb. 10:23 TLB).  He has given us “great and precious promises” (2 Pet. 1:4). Let’s take a peek at a handful of them under five headings. Guidance Seek his will in all you do, and he […]

They were a lot like us—distressed and depressed about their nation. Their sins had caught up with them and now they were in captivity. Their nation paid a high price for their sins. We sometimes wonder if there is any hope for ours, for our beloved country is a miserable mess—a cauldron of crime, immorality, […]

John Broadbanks had a serious flaw. He could not say “No.” A gifted speaker, John was inundated with invitations, to which he always said “Yes.” John was on a roll. His church was flourishing; his fame was growing; his wife was charming. Another blessing came in the form of a baby girl who joined the […]

Limping ashore after decades at sea, he was greeted by taunt … “You don’t have much to show for all those years do you?” “No, not much,” said the old salt who had spent years sailing with Sir Francis Drake.  “I’ve been cold, hungry, sick, scared, and shipwrecked. But I am certain of one thing; […]

It all started with a simple hello. You didn’t know it at the time, but that hello was the opening curtain of your love story—a story that would play out too fast, the goodbye of the closing curtain coming too soon. The whole story seemed compressed into just five words: Hello. I love you. Goodbye. […]

On April 14, 2004, Marine Corporal Jason Dunham’s squadron was manning a checkpoint near the Syrian border in western Iraq when an Iraqi soldier lobbed a grenade into the unit. Dunham dived on the missile and died shielding his comrades from the explosion with his own body. Battalion commander Lt. Col. Matthew Lopez said, “Cpl. […]

resolution [rěz ǝ-looʹ shǝn] 1. a decision or determination; a resolve; 2. firmness of purpose; the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute. irresolution [ǐ- rěz ǝ-looʹ shǝn] 1. lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation. Which of those words describes you? Did you make any resolutions at the beginning of […]