Visits: 65I have often seen people who say they are saved, but move from prophet to prophet; often for deliverance from some “evil forces,” or seeking solutions to all kinds of problems. But those that fascinate me most are those that have what they call their “Regular Church,” which they attend on Sunday and where […]

Visits: 79The expression “heart failure” can be very misleading, and could erroneously be interpreted to mean the end of life. So when a doctor applied the term “congestive heart failure” to a living and actively working person recently, I was taken aback. Linguistically, “heart failure” could be interpreted to mean the heart has “failed,” and […]

Visits: 56At the time Moses gave the speech in Deuteronomy 31:1-8, quoted in yesterday’s devotional entitled “Before You, and With You,” he was starkly aware of the turbulent relationship the Israelites had with God and the fact that God swore they would not enter the promised land (Numbers 14:20-36). This awareness, together with the fact […]

Visits: 70The word “catharsis” is defined by Oxford Languages as “The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.” The interesting thing about “catharsis” is that it is achieved purely through conversation; through the use of words. It makes a big difference by relieving emotional illness, which sometimes lead to and […]

Visits: 59One remarkable story of hope in the Bible is the story of the widow of Zarephath(1 Kings 17: 7-16). Most people focus on Elijah, God’s prophet, as the major character in this story. But I see God providing the needs two people in need by bringing them together, in faith.  Elijah took a step […]

Visits: 76I remember a story of two mice that were kept under similar conditions of darkness in two enclosures for a long time. One of the enclosures had a small hole through which light filters in every time the sun came up. The observation was that the mouse in the enclosure with the hole outlived […]