Strength in Our Weakness
“Each time He said, ‘My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.’ So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am str

Opportunity for Joy
“Dear brothers, whenever trouble comes your way, let it be an opportunity for joy. For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything.  –Â

Where is the Glory?
  “She named the child Ichabod–”Where is the glory?”–murmuring, ‘Israel’s glory is gone.’ She named him this because the Ark of God had been captured and because her husband and her father-in-law were dead. Then she said, ‘The glory has departed from Israel, for the Ark of God has been captured.’”  –Â

Reliable Words
“Joshua told the Israelites, ‘Come and listen to what the Lord your God says.’”  –  Joshua 3:9   It is one thing to perform a miracle, but it is quite another thing to announce it ahead of time to an entire nation.   Joshua explained to the people of Israel what was about to happen. He told them that the priests would go first into the water of the J

Beating Up on Cinderella
“He will listen to the prayers of the destitute. He will not reject their pleas.”  — Psalm 102:17   As a very young man, I once wrote, “Prayer meeting is the Cinderella of the modern day church. She struggles on, being despised and destitute–scorned by lesser souls for her beauty and potential. A. W. Tozer was influencing my life greatly at that writing, and his vision, and mine,  has been born out as tru