Have you ever been stuck in a place and felt as though you could not move ahead? I have. One of those times was while climbing a mountain. I had reached a point in my climb where I was no longer moving up the face of the mountain. The longer I stayed in that one… Continue Reading
When I was growing up, my dad taught me how to become a self-sufficient man. He had started out with very little—in fact, our first home was a small one-room house—and he went on to become a successful business owner. He believed that when the going got tough you just needed to work hard to… Continue Reading
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord….” These are beautiful words to those who love God and country. Psalms 33:12 promises blessings to the nation that worships and serves God. Does this promise from the Old Testament still apply to our nations today? The answer is a resounding yes! God’s blessings are abundantly… Continue Reading
“Is this all there is in life?” Even at age fifteen I felt unsatisfied with life. Though I had a loving family and I enjoyed school and hanging out with my friends, I remember thinking this to myself. I felt that something was missing—that I was incomplete. One day an old high school friend asked… Continue Reading
Long before the wheel was invented, man walked to get around. Walking is a basic function of human existence. Today most of us don’t normally give much thought to walking unless we’re planning on walking a long distance. For instance, we don’t make plans to get up from a chair and walk to get a… Continue Reading
I love to speak God’s Word! The benefits to my life from doing this have been most gratifying. I especially enjoy speaking to someone who has a desire to know God as their heavenly Father and His will for their lives. It warms my heart to see lives forever changed by God’s Word. When we… Continue Reading
After I parked the company car at the construction site, I grabbed my pencil, clipboard, and hard hat. I worked for an electric utility, and I was meeting a plant engineer and plant manager about their company’s expansion. They were moving to a twenty-four-hour-a-day operation, and they wanted to discuss the location and layout of… Continue Reading
It was a beautiful May morning as the four of us headed south from the parking lot at Deep Gap on the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina. We had been planning this trip for months, plotting on a map how far we would hike each day and deciding where we would camp each night. On… Continue Reading
My appreciation for having a knowledge of the truth grew exponentially when I considered the responsibility of a newborn son. Witnessing his first breath was one of the most awe-inspiring experiences of my life! Much preparation and believing led my wife and me to that wonderful event where we received a magnificent blessing from our… Continue Reading
Psalm 119 is a beautiful psalm that weaves a theme of love and respect for God’s Word throughout its 176 verses. It so wonderfully expresses the heart of one devoted to keeping God first by keeping His Word. The psalmist speaks of God’s Word, his love and respect for it, and his desire to keep… Continue Reading