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In 1 Kings 18, after a three-year famine in the land, the prophet Elijah instructed the king to get up and eat, for there was “a sound of abundance of rain.” Even though there was no visible sign that the answer had come, Elijah was confident that God was about to move in a powerful [...]

Most of us have faced an obstacle at some point in our journey of faith. In some cases, God may have removed the obstacle from your path or He may have given you grace to deal with it, but there’s one obstacle you can’t ignore or successfully work around for any length of time. The [...]

We see in the book of Jonah the example of a prophet called and commissioned to speak to a nation on God’s behalf. It is not likely that Jonah had a history of disobedience. On the contrary, for God to call him to so great a task, Jonah had to have proven some faithfulness to [...]

When God told the prophet Hosea to take a wife for himself, it wasn’t one of the noble daughters of the land that God had set aside for him, but a wife whose past was marked by so many degrading sins that no one would ever want her. She was a harlot, yet God selected [...]

Many Christians believe that God can’t use them because of their sin. Somewhere they got the idea that God only uses perfect people to do His work. But the Bible is filled with people who made what many would consider fatal mistakes and were still used by God in powerful ways. And since there has [...]

“‘I am so busy.’ We say this as a badge of honor, as if our exhaustion were a trophy and our ability to withstand seventy to eighty-hour work weeks a mark of real character. We convince ourselves that the busier we are, the more we are accomplishing and the more important we must be. But [...]

To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. ~ Oren Arnold

A few years ago, I visited some friends who had a wayward dog named Fred. As a last resort, they installed an electronic fence to keep Fred from wandering the neighbourhood. Although the fence line was invisible to the eye, a somewhat bulky electric collar created an unpleasant sensation that intensified as Fred neared the [...]

It’s easy to get discouraged when the circumstances surrounding you seem to mock God and His promise to you. But the truth is that God’s Word is forever settled in heaven. God is not a man that He should lie. If you focus on negative circumstances, doubt, fear and unbelief will overwhelm you like a [...]

Several years ago, I went for a mountain hike with a small group of friends in British Columbia, Canada. We didn’t have to go very far before we found ourselves striving to keep our balance on the jagged rocks and sharp edges that jutted out before us. In some areas, it was easy to get [...]