A famous general invited me to his office. He was hungry for God and eager to become a Christian. Yet as we counseled together, he seemed reluctant to pray. I inquired as to his reluctance, and he said, “I don’t understand myself....
With her Bible before her, Carolyn bent over a table in a bookstore. She was engrossed in the prayer she was writing in her journal. Then she heard a barely audible voice. She glanced up to see a very old man standing over her. She noticed that his wrinkled clothes didn’t match....
...Although he had no doubt heard the stories of God’s intervention during Nebuchadnezzar’s earlier reign, Belshazzar refused to acknowledge God. He was too entrenched in his materialistic, hedonistic lifestyle. Suddenly the drunken revelers sobered as fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the wall of the royal palace....
It was four o’clock in the morning when nine soldiers with machine guns burst into the home of my friends serving Christ in their native Middle Eastern country. The soldiers ransacked every room looking for evidence of Christian ministry. Unbelievably, the terrified woman offered to serve the soldiers tea....
Some time ago Nancy DeMoss, who with her beloved husband. Art (one of my dearest friends), had launched a fruitful ministry to executives, called to share an exciting experience. It had been raining all day...
Stress. It’s the leading cause of many physical and emotional problems in these busy modern times. Even for Christians. Eric suffers from stress periodically....
...A godly widow with six children was facing great stress. The family had eaten their last loaf of bread at the evening meal. The next morning, with no food in the house the trusting mother set seven plates on the table....
For most children, every day is filled with carefree adventure. But tragically for some, life is bound with pain, fear, and disappointment. That’s the way it was for Adam....
When you became a Christian, you may have thought that receiving Christ would be the end to your problems. That you would now win over temptation and sin, experience moment-by-moment happiness, handle life’s hassles with ease. But it wasn’t that easy, was it? ...
