by Dr. Michael Sprague | Aug 22, 2022 | Devotions
CLOSED DOORS We thank God for open doors. Why not thank God for closed doors? I wonder how many times God closed a door to spare us something or to lead us to some place better or knew there was something we could not handle? Our job is not to force doors open or...
by Dennis Lee | Aug 21, 2022 | Devotions
“Wait and Trust” Wait and trust are the two hardest words to put into practice. But until we learn to wait and trust we won’t be victorious in the attacks Satan launches against us. Consider Saul, and man chosen by God to be king over Israel. For a while, things...
by Tom Swartzwelder | Aug 20, 2022 | Devotions
American missionary Jim Elliot Philippians 3:7 (NIV) But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. On January 8, 1956, 28-year-old American missionary Jim Elliot was martyred, along with four missionary partners and friends. They were...
by Alan Kearns | Aug 20, 2022 | Devotions
Before and After! Inspired by Pastor Jim’s post Did Moses Fear the King? When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. “ Exodus 2:15 (NASB)...
by David Duncan | Aug 19, 2022 | Devotions
The Power of Love I started my teaching career in 2004 at a small elementary school in southwest Oklahoma. Most of the children lived in poverty and embodied the term, “at risk.” I quickly learned the majority of them were distrustful of adults; there would be...
by Dr. Michael Sprague | Aug 18, 2022 | Devotions
Things are not falling apart…things are falling in place I love this statement, “Things are not falling apart…things are falling in place.” Corrie ten Boom is one of my heroes. I only got to be with her one time. When she spoke to us about her...