By: Kandy Persall “It is ever the darkest hour before the dawn. The nation always seems to be given over to the Evil One before the coming of the Son of Man. The decay of religious faith, the deadness of the churches, the atheism of the well-to-do, the brutality of the masses, all these, when at their worst, herald the …
“He brought us out from there in order to bring us in” (Deuteronomy 6:23). You can remember the day that the Lord called you into His Kingdom. You heard His voice. He stirred your heart and you answered. He revealed your sin and you humbly received His forever forgiveness. In the twinkling of an eye, He “called you …
An ordinary package — taped, addressed, and covered with postal stickers. An ordinary journey — traveling by railcar the 229 miles from New York City to Washington D.C. An ordinary postal worker — delivering the package from his satchel, from which he had delivered so many others. Yes, almost everything about this package was conventional for the USPS — …
Drawing his neck upward, he wrenched his mouth open in a final, silent cry — the last gesture he would ever make. The bull’s severed head, pooling now in it’s own blood, stood upright by the stump of his neck in the dusty arena. The nearby ritual of the Malaysian priest was lost to me. All I could see …
Jesus, I stand amazed that You traded Your Righteousness for my sins (2 Corinthians 5:21). Because of Your great Love for me, even before I knew the need for this exchange, You made it possible through Your death (Romans 5:8). This truly was an unfair deal on Your part – my filth for Your purity. How can this be? Yet, …
Holy Father, All week long, I’ve been struggling with understanding Your idea of perfection. I confess to You that my perspective was based more on the standards on a report card than the Truth of Your Word. I tend to look for that perfect score, instead of looking to You, my Perfect Core. …
