Nobody likes to hear warnings. We especially don´t want to hear them when it sounds like we are not doing something right. But, if a natural disaster were approaching, we would surely want to have a good clear warning so that we could make sure that we were safe. Jesus cares about us so much... Continue Reading →
A Roaring Lion
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1st Peter 5:8 NIV The explorers pulled the little boat that they had been traveling in for over a week onto the shore. There was no sign of human life anywhere to be seen. They... Continue Reading →
Clear to Pray
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. 1st Peter 4:7 NIV The river was famous for its size and for the whitewater rapids that form where it goes through the gorge. Two old friends and their boys were loaded in the raft. Giant... Continue Reading →
The One not Seen
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 1st Peter 1:8 NIV Early one morning, in a part of the country where elephant and lion roamed, some children wandered up a... Continue Reading →
Looking for the City
For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. Hebrews 13:14 NIV The two pilots strained their eyes to see out of the cockpit window. Rain streamed across the glass so when the lightning struck through the utter darkness of the night, it... Continue Reading →
Faith Brings Back
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death. Hebrews 11:19 NIV Nobody imagined that it was so serious. When the mother of a family stayed in bed with a cough and a slight fever, her daughters and husband thought that she just needed to... Continue Reading →
Faith Is
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 NIV The two little boys held their daddy´s hand as they walked in a field near their house. It was a sunny day and the toddlers loved to explore. The older boy ran here... Continue Reading →
Draw Near to God
let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Hebrews 10:22 NIV Four friends broke out of the cover of the African trees and bushes into a clearing. In... Continue Reading →
Fall Short
Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. Hebrews 4:1 NIV Two men set out on one of the most extreme races. It was a rowing race across the Atlantic. They were fit and trained for... Continue Reading →
Unbelief
So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief. Hebrews 3:19 NIV Near the eastern border of California, there is a valley in the desert. It drops down between mountain ranges to almost 300ft. below sea level. It is one of the hottest places on earth. One day in... Continue Reading →
