Serving when He comes Anyone who has been charged with overseeing a group of employees has quickly discovered that there are three broad types of workers: those who are unwilling to work at all despite repeated request; those who will work when given specific, personal direction; and, lastly, those who—even unbidden and unobserved—are always to […]
Blessed chastening Without question, one would rather not endure some of life’s hard experiences. This world is filled with pain, and suffering is the norm rather than the exception. Sickness and death are all too common, and economic hardship is widespread. Yet the living God is able to use these negative things for the spiritual […]
In all your getting, get understanding. Prov. 4:7 On October 5, Steve Jobs finally succumbed to his long bout with pancreatic cancer. As co-founder and former CEO of both Apple Inc. and Pixar Animation Studios, Jobs was a true visionary. Much of the technological and media world around us bears his imprint. If you have […]
The Blessed Man of Psalm 1 Psalm 1 has been called a preface to the hymnbook of God’s people. It was not ascribed to a particular psalmist, yet we know that God, who inhabits the praises of His people, has placed it in Scripture for us to enjoy. Although it is written anonymously, the One […]
Blessed are those that read and heed The evidence that a truth is believed in the heart is only seen when it is lived out in our daily experience. The Bible tells us that we are blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus our Lord in the heavenly realms (Eph. 1:3). However, believers do […]
The blessing of divine forgiveness I have known a few friends who have gone through the pain of personal bankruptcy. This decision was not reached easily. There was a great deal of angst and internal wrestling. Inevitably, there was a sense of personal failure. But if the reader can enter into the emotion of such […]
Just before the Twin Towers collapsed on September 11, 2001, a woman prayed for the very first time: “God, please save my son, and he doesn’t even have a baby yet, so please spare his life!” Her son, an NYPD police officer, was called to the World Trade Center that awful day. As he followed […]
Blessed quiver-full A couple of years ago, I was preaching a sermon, and one of my points was that children are a blessing from the Lord. I’m sure I said a lot of other things in that sermon, but at the end, a young, visiting couple came to the front of the chapel to speak […]
Georgetown, Ontario, is home to the Canadian headquarters of the Watchtower Organization (Jehovah’s Witnesses). Its gated compound sits on 172 acres of land. In comparison, the home office of the President of the United States, leader of the free world, sits on only 18 acres of land. The compound’s influence goes well beyond its gates, […]