Purposeful Prayer & More

The creatures eating along our shore, racing across the sand, flying in the heavens, and dancing in the sea go about their daily work willingly because the instinct created within tells them how to live and flourish. Shouldn’t we do the same? We were created with the same instinct to willingly offer our…

Teo has experienced one miracle after another because of his relationship with God, and he wholeheartedly believes that God will do what He says He will do. Last year Teo's wife Dina fell ill. It wasn't a physical sickness, such as a viral or bacterial infection, but the kind of sickness from...

With three kids still at home, it’s important to me to spend time in God’s nature on Sabbath. Daily we are bombarded with electronic messages pursuing us wherever we dare carry our smartphone, iPad, laptop, etc. So, taking time to slow the digital pace, increase the literal pace, and truly experience the...

So, how is your faith doing today? Is all on the altar for God? This year, my husband and I were impressed to sell an income-generating property to downsize our life significantly. It was going on the "altar." The real estate market was booming, and we heard...

The miracles of the Bible happened because the people of God were in constant communion with Him. When they pressed an issue before His throne of grace, they knew they could count on God to do His part because they had done theirs. Grandma knew firsthand the miracles God would work because she had that kind of relationship with Him. The legacy she left her family was to...

A friend has been unemployed the last few months. A couple days ago, I received a request to pray for a new job and that there was a possibility being explored. Right away I wrote the request down including details. Less than 24 hours later I received a...

The times ahead call for intentional, consistent, and often sacrificial preparation. The final test will not be one that we can cram for the night before and expect to pass...trust in the God who wants to save us more than we want to be saved.

More than a century ago, the pauper preacher George A. Young received a meager salary shepherding his congregation and doing carpentry work as well. In fact, his wife and children also served the Lord alongside this priest of their family. Time passed, and after a number of years, this family was so happy to finally build a new house for themselves. Their joy was short-lived...

Whoever spends little or no quiet time with God or only has an inadequate worship time will probably only be strengthened by their worship once or twice a week. That is similar to someone only eating once or twice a week. To make a comparison: Wouldn’t it be absurd to only want to...

Life is so fast-paced at times. As a mother, wife, employee, and many other roles in my life, I sometimes have a hard time staying in the moment. I’m always trying to stay “ahead of the game.” Successful people always plan ahead, don’t they? I mean, no one just waits for life to “happen” these days if they are wise. But is there some type of balance between...

Some weeks bring us to our knees. In reality, every week should find us on our knees. Driving up the side of the literal Mt. Etna in Sicily you view a...

In The Tomorrow War, you have an alien species that is destroying mankind, and they happen to be Sabbath-keepers who rest on the seventh day of the week. In other words, at the end of earth’s history, those who are viewed as the enemy of...