Sitting on our front porch, my wife and I were enjoying a quiet evening watching neighbors stroll by on the sidewalk. With little warning, a stray cloud unleashed a sprinkle of rain as a couple was …
SEIZE THE DAY: EMBRACING A MISSION WITH PURPOSE – A Mission Soaked in Prayer (YOU-Spr’26, Study 2, Session 4)
Lazy summer days were interrupted when my father announced to my brothers and me that our house needed a fresh coat of paint, and we would be the ones to meet that need. He had come home on a …
SEIZE THE DAY: EMBRACING A MISSION WITH PURPOSE – A Mission Met with Courage (YOU-Spr’26, Study 2, Session 3)
We are familiar with the cynical expression: “No good deed goes unpunished.” That is not a biblical statement, but good deeds do occasionally get us into hot water. Trying to fly home from Nigeria …
SEIZE THE DAY: EMBRACING A MISSION WITH PURPOSE – A Mission with a Message (YOU-Spr’26, Study 2, Session 2)
On a train in the bowels of the busiest airport in the world, I noticed an elderly woman trying frantically to communicate with the passengers around her. She was showing her boarding pass to anyone …
SEIZE THE DAY: EMBRACING A MISSION WITH PURPOSE – A Mission Full of Opportunities (YOU-Spr’26, Study 2, Session 1)
I’ve had the privilege of teaching five different people how to drive a car, including my wife, three of my children, and a missionary kid who grew up overseas where she didn’t have the opportunity to …
GOD IS: UNDERSTANDING THE CHARACTER OF GOD – God Is Eternal (YOU-Spr’26, Study 1, Session 7)
In today’s world it’s hard to grasp the concept of forever. For us, anything longer than two-day Prime delivery seems like forever. That’s a far cry from the phrase “. . . to all generations, forever …