When all hope is gone

Wow. That is a bit problem. When you come to the point where you don’t think there is any hope left for you; when you don’t think that things can get any better; you have fallen into the pit of despair and desperation. There is such a place. Many of us have fallen...

Where do you go with all your pain?

Many of us experience pain in our lives; at different times and in different ways. But what do we do with the pain that we are experiencing? Where do we go to soothe ourselves? Where do we go to find relief?   Sometimes we harm others and feel bad Let’s say...

Run like Elijah

In order to follow the Lord Jesus Christ we need to have supernatural power and strength; we cannot follow the Lord in our own strength. And the power that God gives Christians to live for God is the power of the Holy Spirit. Christians do not conquer other countries...

Today is not the day

There are many times in life when we are ready to give up; many things happen to us that take away our strength and faith to keep living; we have to trust in the Lord during the times when our hearts feel very dark and when we have no hope for the future. Difficulties...

I am so discouraged

You know, all things considered, God has and is blessing me abundantly with a place to live, clean water, health care, a good wife, and wonderful children. Many people of the earth don’t have those things: I understand that. I’ve heard from many hurting people and met...

Don’t panic

Some things that Jesus said quite often were “don’t worry” and “don’t be afraid”. He also called us his sheep. And wouldn’t you know it sheep are animals that get quite afraid. I once visited a sheep farm and the sheep farmer was telling me about his sheep. We were...