Read: Luke 5:1-11 What we know of Simon Peter, the fisherman-turned-apostle, is that he was brash, zealous, impulsive, strong-willed and, at times, spoke before he thought through what he should say. He was a common, imperfect man and on one unlikely day, a spiritual teacher in...
Read Genesis 12:1-9 Calling precedes greatness. By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. Hebrews 11:8 NAS We may refer to God’s revealing...
Read: Exodus 16:13-21and John 6:26-40 In the wilderness, God provided bread on the ground every morning for Israel. It was fine as frost and was awaiting the Israelites each morning as they arose. From scripture, we know that the substance could be baked and boiled but...
Read Isaiah 6:1-8 Have you ever stepped onto a military installation just weeks or days before its gates were closed for good? It is an eerie sight. The once-bustling Patrick Henry Village in Heidelberg, Germany was, at its peak, home to 16,000 American military families packed...
Read Hebrews 4:11-13 Most modern knives and blades are sharpened by a few passes through an electric sharpener but true experts still prefer to use a whetstone. Made up of rock and grit and wet with water, the whetstone is designed to provide friction that hones...
Read: 1 Samuel 30:11-20 Mary Ludwig married local barber, William Hays, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1769. They were an unremarkable New England couple until William was drawn into fighting for American independence from England in the Revolutionary War. Keen to do her part, Mary (also called...
Read Acts 16:1-15 There is a strange network across America that one is unlikely to see except from a singular vantage point: looking down from the sky. They are usually found in very remote locations and in the middle of terrain that is difficult to access. There,...
Read Matthew 22:34-40 The human body is comprised of three kinds of muscle: skeletal (the kind of muscle we typically imagine, that which covers our bones), smooth muscle (such as our stomachs and digestive tract) and cardiac (the muscle that is our hearts). Ironically, skeletal and...
Read 2 Timothy 1:1-7 She couldn’t stop crying. The Jacob’s Generation mission teams had just returned to their homes in Europe and throughout the USA. Everyone’s flights had landed and they’d unpacked their luggage and gone back to life as usual. One of the kitchen leaders, Tamika...
Read all of Isaiah 58 Fasting brings out the worst in us. Have you ever noticed how the Holy Spirit, through the words He inspired in the Old and New Testament, does not tiptoe around anyone’s feelings but says what He intends quite bluntly? Such is the...