Stage Fright

CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN WITH AUDIO As I peered out from behind the stage curtain, I saw that the War Memorial Performance Hall in Trenton, New Jersey, with its nearly two-thousand-seat capacity, was completely filled.   On stage, numerous keynote speakers were already seated, waiting for the event to begin. I had been asked to speak …

Why are you so afraid, you of little faith?

  “You of little faith, why are you so afraid? Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.†(Matthew 8:26) Excerpts herein are from Oswald Chamber’s My Utmost for His Highest for August 12, The Theology of Rest. “When we are in fear we can do nothing …

Be made new in the attitude of your minds

  Do you let your words of doom and failure defeat you in life? Your words, then, do not agree with God. This may be a challenge to your old self, but it is also a choice to not speak them. Speak only the end result of what you desire. Don’t counteract that which you declare …

God Wants Our Tears

Several months ago, I was going through a tough few months, even struggling to write. And then I read this verse one morning – “This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24). But I didn’t feel much like rejoicing, and I didn’t feel much like …

Be Thou My Vision

Is God your vision, or are you looking through broken spectacles? The 8th-century song “Be Thou My Vision†translated from Irish to English has inspired many a Christian today. Just listen to the words that reflect total abandonment from self to reliance on God for all things. Be thou my meditation by day and night. …