The magazine I was writing for felt “important,” so I struggled to present the best possible article I could for the high-ranking editor. Feeling pressure to meet her standards, I kept rewriting my thoughts and ideas. But what was my problem? Was it my challenging topic? Or was my real worry personal: Would the editorContinue reading “Who Do You Work For?”
Author Archives: Intentional Faith
Just Do It…
Those Who Know You Should Know Better
Hometown heroes and sheroes often receive praise and gratitude for who they are and what they have done. I’m sure we can all name someone in our hometown with such a status. Sometimes a town may even have a parade for someone or host a dinner in their honor. But in this story, Jesus doesContinue reading “Those Who Know You Should Know Better”
Increase My Faith
Change your thoughts, and change your world! —Norman Vincent Peale While speaking at a mission’s conference in Orlando, Fla., I was impressed with a seven-year-old boy seated on the front row listening intently. I had a flashback to the hills of West Virginia where I grew up, for it was at age seven that IContinue reading “Increase My Faith”
Sitting In Another’s Shadow
Who was Aaron in the Bible?Aaron is best known for his role in the exodus and for being the first of the Levitical, or Aaronic, priesthood. He was born to a family of Levites during Israel’s enslavement in Egypt and was Moses’ older brother, three years his senior (Exodus 7:7). We are first introduced toContinue reading “Sitting In Another’s Shadow”
In Need of a Light
“Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Prov. 29:18, KJV). We hear this verse quoted frequently in order that we may be inspired and challenged to move with intensity toward a future goal. We applaud the leader who is a visionary, one who can paint a picture of a better future and show usContinue reading “In Need of a Light”
When It Is Too Late
God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to grant relief to you who are afflicted . . . when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obeyContinue reading “When It Is Too Late”
Give Me a Break
Stories can captivate our attention and our heart. They help us see ourselves and others more clearly. The story of the Prodigal Son is perhaps one of the most well-known stories told by Jesus. It is the third and final story in a string of parables that Jesus used to critique the religious leaders. TheyContinue reading “Give Me a Break”
You Have His Word…
Stretch Out Your Hand
“Ah Lord God, behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee.” Jeremiah 32:17 At the very time when the Chaldeans surrounded Jerusalem, and when the sword, famine and pestilence had desolated the land, Jeremiah was commanded by GodContinue reading “Stretch Out Your Hand”
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