PEARL

1 min read

1 What seek ye? 2 The call for the helper 3 The Antichrist 4 Morality 5 Awake! 6 Silence 7 Ascent 8 Cult 9 Rigidity 10 Childlikeness 11 Chastity 12 The first step 13 TheWorld 14 The Star of Bethlehem 15 The conflict 16 Modern psychic science 17 Wron

60 Days of Prayer

1 min read

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. 2 TIMOTHY 3:16 (ESV) THE WORD OF God grows with you. When you take on the daily spiritual practice of reading His Word

Mornings with Jesus

1 min read

I HAVEN’T BEEN a full-time student in decades, yet the fall season still excites me. September always reminds me of back-to-school shopping, new outfits for school, and a fresh start. When I was a teen, I looked forward to the annual fall fashion sho

Mornings with Jesus

1 min read

I’M THE QUEEN OF PROCRASTINATION. Often, when facing a new project, I have to muster up the courage to start. With a recent writing assignment, I did all sorts of other tasks before I got started. I swept the garage, threw out old stuff from the frid

PEARL

1 min read

For your guidance! 1 What seek ye? 2 The call for the helper 3 The Antichrist 4 Morality 5 Awake! 6 Silence 7 Ascent 8 Cult 9 Rigidity 10 Childlikeness 11 Chastity 12 The first step 13 TheWorld 14 The Star of Bethlehem 15 The conflict 16 Modern psyc

60 Days of Prayer

1 min read

Do not neglect your gift… 1 TIMOTHY 4:14 (NIV) IS THERE SOMETHING that God has been calling you to do? Sometimes our dreams are delayed but not denied. Look deep in your heart to see if there is an unfulfilled goal you have given up on—despite gentl

PEARL

1 min read

For your guidance! 1 What seek ye? 2 The call for the helper 3 The Antichrist 4 Morality 5 Awake! 6 Silence 7 Ascent 8 Cult 9 Rigidity 10 Childlikeness 11 Chastity 12 The first step 13 TheWorld 14 The Star of Bethlehem 15 The conflict 16 Modern psyc

PEARL

1 min read

For your guidance! 1 What seek ye? 2 The call for the helper 3 The Antichrist 4 Morality 5 Awake! 6 Silence 7 Ascent 8 Cult 9 Rigidity 10 Childlikeness 11 Chastity 12 The first step 13 The World 14 The Star of Bethlehem 15 The conflict 16 Modern psy

PEARL

1 min read

For your guidance! 1 What seek ye? 2 The call for the helper 3 The Antichrist 4 Morality 5 Awake! 6 Silence 7 Ascent 8 Cult 9 Rigidity 10 Childlikeness 11 Chastity 12 The first step 13 TheWorld 14 The Star of Bethlehem 15 The conflict 16 Modern psyc

The Atlantic

3 min read

Crises can elicit compassion, but they can also evoke callousness. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve witnessed communities coming together (even as they have sometimes been physically forced apart), and we’ve seen individuals enga

60 Days of Prayer

1 min read

Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. PROVERBS 30:5 (NIV) THE BIBLE IS powerful—and if you open your heart and read God’s Word, it has the power to change your life. Look to Scripture for guidance, comfort a

Mornings with Jesus

1 min read

CANADIAN BRIAN DOERKSEN WROTE THE familiar worship song, “Come, Now Is the Time to Worship.” In a lunchtime interview at his home, he told me that he composed it during a time of deep anguish in his soul. One day when he felt especially discouraged,

60 Days of Prayer

1 min read

He makes winds his messengers. PSALM 104:4 (NIV) THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, certain Bible verses have become especially dear to me, connecting me not only to God’s love but to memories of loved ones. “Be still, and know that I am God (Psalm 46:10, NIV)”

PEARL

1 min read

1 What seek ye? 2 The call for the helper 3 The Antichrist 4 Morality 5 Awake! 6 Silence 7 Ascent 8 Cult 9 Rigidity 10 Childlikeness 11 Chastity 12 The first step 13 TheWorld 14 The Star of Bethlehem 15 The conflict 16 Modern psychic science 17 Wrong

JOY Magazine

1 min read

From Salem there was a certain Jew, Without descent that not many knew. Having neither mention of beginning of days, As a priest they were Godly in all their ways. Of Heaven and earth a possessor, Before God most high an intercessor. Without fathe

PEARL

1 min read

1. What seek ye? 2. The call for the helper 3. The Antichrist 4. Morality 5. Awake! 6. Silence 7. Ascent 8. Cult 9. Rigidity 10. Childlikeness 11. Chastity 12. The first step 13. The World 14. The Star of Bethlehem 15. The conflict 16. Modern psychic

Mornings with Jesus

1 min read

THIS SPRING, MY SIXTH-GRADE BIBLE class put on a play about the prophet Jonah for our middle school. My friend Alexis was the director. A theater arts major in college, she brought all her gifts to the table: creativity, humor, drama, and fantastic s

Mornings with Jesus

1 min read

A FRIEND WHO WORKED OVERSEAS in the Middle East recently returned home. When he visited our family, he gave us a box of dates—those sweet brown, fleshy fruits of the palm tree. They were delicious. Fruit has always been a refreshing and desirable sta

Mornings with Jesus

1 min read

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. John 15:15 (NIV) I RECENTLY READ A SMALL book about the

PEARL

1 min read

1 What seek ye? 2 The call for the helper 3 The Antichrist 4 Morality 5 Awake! 6 Silence 7 Ascent 8 Cult 9 Rigidity 10 Childlikeness 11 Chastity 12 The first step 13 TheWorld 14 The Star of Bethlehem 15 The conflict 16 Modern psychic science 17 Wrong

JOY Magazine

2 min read

I want to share a prophetic dream that I had many years ago, as it could be very helpful and relevant to someone. In my dream I walked out of a building quite late at night (I had been working in this building). The street was deserted and dark, exce

PEARL

1 min read

For your guidance! 1. What seek ye? 2. The call for the helper 3. The Antichrist 4. Morality 5. Awake! 6. Silence 7. Ascent 8. Cult 9. Rigidity 10. Childlikeness 11. Chastity 12. The first step 13. The World 14. The Star of Bethlehem 15. The conflict

60 Days of Prayer

1 min read

Be holy because I am holy. LEVITICUS 11:44 (GW) THE MOST IMPORTANT way to spend your day is to model your actions after Jesus. Every day brings new opportunities to become more like Him. To offer compassion, understanding and love, to be a blessing

JOY Magazine

1 min read

The Crown Awards are the longest-running awards given that recognise and lift up the very best in Christian movies, documentaries, shorts, educational and church programming, foreign films, and more! Well done to the entire team who made this very im

Mornings with Jesus

1 min read

I WORK AS A CHURCH administrative assistant. My first day on the job, I asked the pastor how often people stopped in to request financial help. “Not that often” he said. I sighed in relief. I knew there would be times when I’d have to say no to a req

Mornings with Jesus

1 min read

WHEN MY HUSBAND, SCOTT, AND I were first married, we lived in a cute fourplex. Some of our neighbors discovered an antique steamer trunk while cleaning out their garage. Inside was a large packet of early 1900s love letters with Norwegian and Califor

Art Market Magazine

5 min read

Nellien Brewer is a South African artist. She was born in Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal, in 1961. She qualified as a Landscape Architect from the University of Pretoria in 1982 and spent the next 20 years in this profession. Fine arts, however, always rema

60 Days of Prayer

1 min read

That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers. PSALM 1:3 (NIV) HAVE YOU EVER thought of your own life as a tree that is decorated by your attitude a

60 Days of Prayer

1 min read

This is what the Lord says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again. JEREMIAH 29:10 (NLT) WHEN YOU FEEL stuck, ask God to open your mind to

60 Days of Prayer

1 min read

The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks. PROVERBS 25:23 ESV THE NEXT TIME someone is unkind to you, instead of reacting with anger, practice self-control and find peace. Ask God to help you respond as Jesus would. Exch