Category: Devotional

• August 16, 2008

  The course of my life

  Death seems to be a reoccurring theme in my life and my ministry. Not physical death — although I have had my fair share of that as well. But rather the death that is required to follow Christ. Philippians 1:21 says these familiar words: “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is…
• August 14, 2008

  Reading His lips

  When the people of Israel went into the promised land — they were commanded to take possession , and to destroy all it’s inhabitants. Fast forward to Joshua chapter 9.  Here we read about the classic Gibeonite blunder: The Gibeonites pretended to be foreign people from a land far away — and tricked the Israelites into making a treaty…
• August 4, 2008

  sit. stay.

  Two very important words for dog owners. Two words we can learn as well. The Lord sometimes calls us to great things. Personally — I am aware of some things that God is calling me and my family to in the future. In the not so far off future, and in the more distant future.…
• August 3, 2008

  stars

  tonight — long after our daughter was in bed, and after spending some time in prayer together — my wife and I went outside, and spent some time staring at the sky. Where we live is pretty rural, so we have a pretty good view of the night sky. Psalm 8  says: O LORD our Lord, how…