Author: Administrador

Topics: Consequences; Sin; Temptation; Warnings Reference: Galatians 6:7–8 At a middle school in Oregon, some girls were putting on lipstick and then pressing their lips to the mirrors, leaving dozens of lip prints. The principal called the girls to the bathroom and told them how the lip prints were causing a major problem for the … Continue reading “STOPPING
THE LIP PRINTS”

Topics: Morality; Sex; Temptation References: 1 Corinthians 6:12–20; 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8 There is a tendency to think of sex as something degrading. It is not. It is magnificent, an enormous privilege. But because of that the rules are tremendously strict and severe. —Francis Charles Devas, British army chaplain

Topics: Attitudes; Despair; Discouragement; Faith; Hope; Overcoming; Pain; Strength; Trials; Victory; Waiting on God References: Isaiah 40:28–31; Romans 12:12; Hebrews 11:1 Ernest Gordon, dean of the chapel of Princeton University for twenty-six years, was called to the ministry in a Japanese concentration camp during World War II. Gordon and his fellow prisoners were used as … Continue reading “HOPING
BACK TO HEALTH”

Topics: Dependence on God; Experiencing God; Grace; Happiness; Joy; Prayer; Strength; Weakness References: 2 Corinthians 12:8–10; Philippians 4:13 Honesty is always the best policy, especially when you are surrounded by women in a restroom during a break at a Christian women’s conference. One woman, putting on lipstick, said, “Oh, Joni, you always look so together, … Continue reading “A
SMILE FROM HEAVEN”

Topics: Character; Ministry; Service; Trials References: 2 Corinthians 1:3–7; 1 Thessalonians 2:9–13 If you are going to be used by God, he will take you through a multitude of experiences that are not meant for you at all; they are meant to make you useful in his hands. —Oswald Chambers

Topics: Belief; Christianity; Faith; Loyalty; Support; Trust; Unbelief References: 2 Timothy 1:12; Hebrews 10:23, 35–39; 11 Alumni and fans made UCLA football coach Pepper Rodgers’s life miserable the year his Bruins got off to a horrible start. Nobody in Southern California would hang out with him. “My dog was my only true friend,” Rodgers said. … Continue reading “BREAKING
WISHBONE FAITH”

Topics: Conversion; Crime; Forgiveness; Freedom; Murder; New Life References: Genesis 50:15–21; Matthew 18:15–35; Ephesians 2:10; 1 Peter 4:12–19 Yvonne Pointer was one of ten children born to a wonderful mother and father, though she admits, “I was the worst. I did everything my parents did not want me to do.” For three years a friend … Continue reading “CHILD’S
MURDER INSPIRES MOM”

Topics: Circumstances and Faith; Comfort; Compassion; Death; Despair; Emotions; Faith; Funerals; Grace; Grief; Ministry; Mortality; Mourning; Murder; Overcoming References: Psalm 23:4; 46:1–3; 121; Isaiah 41:10–13; 43:1–2; John 14:27; 2 Corinthians 1:3–4; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 1 Peter 5:7 The day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated (April 4, 1968), Robert F. Kennedy was in Indianapolis, speaking … Continue reading “GOING
PUBLIC WITH PAIN”

Topics: Adversity; Burdens; Despair; Help from God; Jesus Christ; Misery; Overcoming; Pain; Problems; Providence; Questions; Security in God; Struggles; Trials; Trust References: Matthew 11:28–30; Romans 5:3–5; 8:17; 2 Corinthians 4:11; Hebrews 4:15; James 1:2–4; 1 Peter 1:6–7; 2:24; 5:10 The answer to suffering cannot just be an abstract idea, because this isn’t an abstract issue; … Continue reading “SUFFERING
IS PERSONAL”

Topics: Affliction; Fear of God; Mercy; Vindictiveness References: Job 16:12; Psalm 90:7; 102:9–10 Is not the question “Why is God letting this happen to me?” really a question that seeks to find out how God feels toward me? When I have pursued the “why” question by asking, “Could you tell me what you think might … Continue reading “WHY
IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?”