Twenty Psalms To Read When Life Is Miserable
Making the Psalms a consistent part of our time studying the Bible is enriching and important. Since they are the songs of ancient Israel, the Psalms are meant to be sung and prayed, and there are specific psalms that were written to help us when life is bleak and we feel miserable. The individual and […]
Hardening the Heart
Proverbs 28:14 says, “Happy is the man who is always reverent, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.” A hardened heart has turned away from God. It is a willful decision and the only way it can be corrected is with a willful decision to turn back to God. A good example […]
Older People and the Lord’s Work
It is reported that Henry W. Longfellow was once asked by an admirer how he continued to maintain the vigor to write so beautifully in the waning years of his life. He turned to an apple tree nearby and said, “That apple tree is very old. I never saw prettier blossoms upon it than it […]
Soul Winning for Jesus
When Paul returned to Ephesus after he had left Aquilla and Priscila there a few months earlier, he found certain disciples that he felt compelled to question. Paul met them and asked, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They responded, “Nay, we did so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit was […]
