When God Parts Your Jordan

“Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called…

The Power of Obedient Faith

“Joshua said to the Israelites, ‘Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God. This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites. See, the…

When God Defies Logic

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV) God’s wisdom often challenges our human understanding. We like…

The Ripple Effect of Obedience

“They replied, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.’” Acts 16:31 (NIV) Our obedience to God sets in motion a powerful chain reaction of blessing. Like a stone thrown into a still pond, one act of faith can create ripples that touch countless lives.…

Cultivating a Listening Heart

The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ Then Samuel said, ‘Speak, for your servant is listening.’ 1 Samuel 3:10 (NIV) God is always speaking, but we are not always listening. In a world filled with constant noise and distraction, the art of listening…