Honoring Our Mothers and Fathers
When I meditate on Psalms 71, I immediately think of my wife Chantal. For several decades, I saw Chantal call her mother and father several times every week. She visited them regularly and surrounded them with care, staying with them until their final breath. She has always been a role model for me when it…
The One Who Holds the Keys
There, right in your face, is a door that seems to be continually locked. This closed door I am speaking about is some issue, situation or need you’ve been praying about for a long time. It may be a crisis that requires nothing less than a miracle. I don’t know what your closed door may…
The Peace of God in You
A Christian woman approached me recently with a rather emotional expression and asked me if I had heard the latest news report about the upheaval in Pakistan. “Can you believe what is happening?” she asked. “Every day is a bad-news day. Pakistan has nuclear capacity. Terrorists could take over, and some mad Ayatollah could launch…
Seizing God’s Purpose for Us
When I was six years old, I heard my dad preach. There were probably 7,000 people gathered, almost all teenagers; it was called the Jesus Movement in the United States. These were long-haired hippies, gang members and drug addicts; and they filled this arena. At the end of my dad’s sermon, he gave an invitation…
Choosing the Fountain of Life
Jeremiah was young, only about 20 years old, when God gave him a prophetic calling. He entered into that calling like many of us do in our youth, not really knowing what the years ahead would hold. All he knew is that he had a relationship with God. He had surrendered his life to the…
The Gentle Touch of Jesus
Somebody reading this needs a touch from Jesus. When the Lord ministered here on earth, he went about healing and restoring the afflicted by simply touching them. When Jesus touched Peter’s mother-in-law, her fever left her body (see Luke 4:38-40). He touched the casket of a dead child, and the boy came to life. He…
The Love of God Never Fails
After reading Psalm 13, I wanted to send you a few words of encouragement that I gleaned from this blessed chapter. King David penned, “How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my…
Hope in Seasons of Suffering
I have a message for those who are experiencing a painful, overwhelming situation. I am not speaking to those who now enjoy a time of rest from suffering, who are not in any kind of pain or sorrow. Thank God for those times of quiet rest. I receive so many letters from precious followers of…
The Strength of the Lord
The Holy Spirit prompted me to read Exodus 12, which contains the account of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt. On the door of every Israelite home, the blood of a lamb was put on the two side-posts and lintel. This was to protect God’s people from the passing angel of death. When the day came, a…
Not Our Shake and Fries
A few years ago, I was driving with my littlest one. It was just me and her, and when you’re with Dad, you sometimes get to do stuff that Mom wouldn’t like, so she asks me, “Would you get me French fries and a vanilla shake at McDonald’s?” “Sure,” I said. “It’s just once.” We…