Series: Encouraging Words

A young woman in her twenties commented to me that she really has no choice but to obey God, because when she doesn't obey Him, she is the loser. Actually,…

"A bit of juicy gossip is very satisfying," says wise King Solomon. The Living Bible puts it this way: "What dainty morsels rumors are. They are eaten with great relish!"…

When Chris Haggai's visitor arrived at the door, Chris was feeding their adult son Johnny, who had cerebral palsy because of negligence on the part of the attending doctor when…

I've told you before how much I admire my pastor friend Eric Denton, who every Sunday night takes a group to Los Angeles to feed the street people and pass…

After our grandson Christian was born, I gave his mother, Cheryl, a soft robe.  Within a few months, however, Christian had decided that her new robe was what he wanted…

In 1938, as Bill and Mildred Dillon were sailing to England for ministry, a storm developed, and Mildred was scared. Slightly more than year before, she almost lost her life…

Robert McQuilkin was serving as president of Columbia Bible College when his wife, Muriel, began to develop Alzheimer's disease. Slowly she became more and more confused, until at last she…

Jacob was dealing with a disaster. In the middle of a famine, his sons had just returned from Egypt with bad news. If he wanted to buy food from Egypt,…

I recently heard an old hymn that, to tell the truth, I had forgotten. It may be an old one, but it is certainly fitting to our present culture and…

Nearly every household appliance comes with an instruction booklet.  Though we usually try to figure out how to use the appliance without consulting the instructions, if we really get stuck,…