Feeling "Small" Can Help You

Smallness is good. I never thought I’d say that, believe it, but today I feel the goodness of it. Years ago the Lord promised me a vibrant future ministry. His promise came after He called me out of a beloved ministry in which I had been involved for two decades. I had a very tough time resigning. But I obeyed …

Dare to Dream

Tomorrow I’m planning to do something crazy. Something far beyond the doldrums of my daily routine, something outside the precise corners and rigid edges of my tight to-do-list. It’s something I have wanted to do for ages, something I have prayed about and longed to do. I tried to approach it once before, but it wasn’t the right time. However, …

Waiting on God's Promises, Part II

What promise of God are you waiting on Him to fulfill? Even as you run to the mailbox, wait by the phone, kneel by the bedside, day after day, month after month. Hope flares . . . then fizzles. And still you wait. Now we know we aren’t supposed to “help” God, that we are to pray and trust, but do you …