The day I graduated from high school, I could not answer the question, “what do you want to do with your life?” When I closed my textbooks for the last time, my tentative plan was to find some sort of job, save some money, and pray that God would make my future clearer. My life … Read more
She was a POW in a Japanese prison, suspected of being an American spy. Darlene Deibler had traveled to New Guinea as a newlywed to do missions work. But shortly after their arrival the Japanese invaded the country and separated the young couple. Now, in her tiny prison cell, Darlene keenly felt her need for … Read more
“About this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” (2 Kings 4:16) The Shunammite woman stared at the prophet of God in disbelief. Her husband was old and she didn’t have any children. Could it really be true? But Elisha said God would give her a son. A year later she delivered a baby … Read more
When Sierra started taking her faith seriously she didn’t expect her friends to stop texting or her boyfriend to break up with her. She didn’t anticipate the strange looks and whispering behind her back.
People counselled her to stop taking her religion so seriously, that science had disproven the Bible, and that she was very closed minded to say Jesus was the only way to heaven.
Suddenly, Sierra had lost the social status she had worked so hard to maintain. She was no longer popular and didn’t even fit in with her peers.
After the ascension of Christ, it was often noted by the saints that the Apostle Peter would cry. When a cock would crow, it would often move the apostle to tears. But, there were other times, too, when, for no apparent reason, the big framed fisherman would sob. One day, a young believer dared to approach the mighty man of God and ask the question that was on everyone’s heart. Peter, why do you cry? The Apostle looked at the young man and said, “Desiderio Domini.” Peter’s actual words were not latin, but this is how history has preserved his famed utterance – this is the grief-strained words that have passed down through Christian history and have moved so many that have read them. For, in English, the phrase Desiderio Domini means, “because, I dearly long for my Lord.” . . .