The Gifts God has Given Us

'From everyone to whom much is given, much will be required…' (Luke 12:48) I’ll never forget the moment when today’s scripture first spoke to me.  Instead of reading the words on a page, it was like the words were coming off the page to confront me. On that evening, I somehow knew that I was …

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We Are Never Alone

And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappointment us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts…  (Rom. 5:3-5) There are different kinds of suffering.  There’s suffering that’s senseless, brutal, devoid of hope.  …

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Glimpses of Heaven

The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in his hands.  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life… (John 3:35) Just as hell can be here and now, so can heaven. Jesus says that when we believe in Him, we are given eternal life.  Heaven isn’t simply the place where we hope …

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