Life Lessons

Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Sleep for 7 hours. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy. Play more games. Read more books than you did the previous year. Make time to practice meditation, and prayer. They provide us with daily …

New parents are overwhelmed with advice. There are websites, blogs, and, of course, people full of opinions on how you should raise your children. There are theories on everything from diapering to sleep. The message that Christian women receive all too often from the church isn’t merely advice on good parenting. It is far more insidious than that – it …

“Hidden in the midst of Israel’s family tree is the story of a man who was standing tip-toe trying to see above all the obstacles around him.”  -1 Chron. 4:9-10 This is the story of an almost unknown man in the Bible, named JABEZ. This Prayer of Jabez has been the turning point to many men and women. I would …

As Easter approaches it becomes for us a season of hustle and bustle as we run around dishing out varieties of food, new clothes, and a hundred and one things that need to get done – not omitting the apparent temporary ‘joy’ of hearing or singing in choirs lifting up in glorious crescendos the might and majesty of the inexpressible …

Some preach, some teach, some sing publicly, but all can pray. But, do we all pray? If so, why? If not, why not? Let us look at some of the reasons: ‘I seldom pray anymore because God never seems to answer me.’  ‘I pray because people expect me to but I don’t really look for God’s answer.’  ‘I am so …

We gather that as a modern Persian name, Vashti is understood to mean “Beautiful, best.” We let the reader judge from the story of Vashti, the Persian Queen, if she lived up to her name or not! Way back in the fifth century, the Persian king Xerxes ruled over 127 provinces stretching right up to India. In the third year …

We live in a broken world. Does God see all this? Does he care about the injustices done to us? The pain we suffer? God does see and care about the healing of his broken world! Let me close with thisbeautiful story from the life of Jesus. Early one morning, Jesus went to the Temple. As people gathered around him, …

“The Bible warns us that false teachers will increase in the last days, who will cause many to fall into error.” After a conference where I was speaking, a woman came up to me and said: “I am so confused!” she said to me. This was after I had shared the Word at their Bible study group. “And why are …

Light Your Holy Fire in our Soul As we enter another year, may we be conscious that Jesus is coming soon. May the Lord enable us to look beyond the small circle of self, beyond our own self-centered agendas, to embrace the purposes in God’s heart. What are those? To build his church and to extend his kingdom in his …

“In the year ahead let us remember and diligently aim at cultivating the values that do matter, like gratitude, kindness and compassion, courage, perseverance, friendship, joy and character and service.” In the chaos of everyday life, we often find ourselves spending most of our time on things that matter least. At the end of our lives, what our bank account …