Purposeful Prayer & More

I'll never forget the story 15+ years ago in Pennsylvania where a shooter went into an Amish schoolhouse and killed several children and then turned the gun on himself. The Amish parents of the murdered children took up an offering for...

Nastasha was in love. This was no ordinary, child-like love. She was deeply, over the moon, madly in love with her boyfriend. He had captured her heart. But there was a problem. While she was full of self-sacrificing love, her significant other was not. All the love seemed to be one-sided. If there was a work party, Natasha would go alone. Her boyfriend wasn't...

The story of John Hus is about a man who put his life completely in God's hands. He was a reformer who lived as a priest in the early 1400s, and he encouraged people to have a personal relationship with God. He was eventually charged with heresy and...

God is always within our reach, so He knows where we are at all times, even if we try to run away. In that case, if God is always with us, do we need to be afraid when He calls us, even if the situation is less than desirable? Are we going to make God work overtime and do...

As we age, we go through life seasons. It is a natural part of life. Four years ago, I went through a season that helped me realize that my priorities were out of line with God’s plan. It wasn’t in the form of actual life duties or pursuits. It involved relationships. My heart was...

For this e-Magazine, we are featuring the most-read articles published in 2023. We pray that you are blessed as you read and share and as the Holy Spirit leads you and others in this new year.

Every day, look for a fresh picture of Jesus in the written Word of God. Pray and apply what you’ve discover to the way you live and how you worship Him. Take the promises of God and personalize them and pray over them, applying them to your daily needs. God’s Word isn’t just meant to be read through; it’s also meant to...

As I turned, I almost got my car stuck in the mud in someone’s yard. When we got to the church, I lingered outside to take pictures. Soon, a car pulled up with an angry-looking couple, barefoot, saying that I had...

Many of the horseshoe crabs are caught and brought to laboratories where scientists extract their blue blood for medical purposes. Horseshoe blood has an enzyme called...

The markers for blood clots in the lungs and heart were “off the chart.” One was over 4,000, where it should have been 4, and the second one was over 300 where it should have been 0.4. As I pondered my situation, which at this point I knew was life-and-death, it was time for some deep intercessory prayer with the Father. My prayer went something like...

Consider this resolution for the New Year—forgiveness. When our hearts are open and free from grudges, inspiration follows—and a newness of life—freeing our minds from the encumbrances of hostility. Thoughts of anger, bitterness, and hate are like shackles to the ankles. All aspects of life are adversely affected when...

My husband and I brought home a bottle of wine. We didn’t like it much at first. But it eventually became a staple. A few years later, I found myself divorced, addicted to alcohol, and separated from God. After a while, my health began to bother me. I had bad stomach aches and...