If I have learned anything in 2020, it is the following. Some of my education has taken place in remedial classes, reviewing material that I apparently knew at one point but had to brush up on: God is good, and His intentions are to bless me and others. He did not cause the events of […]
Fear
God’s Not An Abusive Parent
Hebrews 12:19-23 – “Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with […]
Are You a Hoarder and Don’t Realise It?
When I wrote the following devotional several years ago, 2020 – the year of global hoarding – wasn’t on my radar. I had no idea that frightened people would stampede supermarkets to stockpile on toilet paper, baby wipes, and yeast. In March 2020, members of the not-so-secret society of “The First Order of the Closet […]
To Whom Are You Listening?
Those of you who have read “Seasons”, my first book, will recognise this devotional. However, I felt the prompting of the Holy Spirit to post it once again. I originally wrote this over 15 years ago. If there was ever a day for this truth to be repeated, this is the day. To whom are […]
There is a Pandemic and Its Name is Fear
I felt the Lord say, “There is a pandemic on the Earth and its name is Fear.” We can put a stop to it. There is a menacing epidemic sweeping our planet right now, and its named Fear. Unless we take immediate steps to counteract, we are going to see this virus spread and do […]
Focus on Him and We’ll See the World From the Right Perspective
A photograph of a police officer holding a toddler in his arms went viral across social media in September 2015. Behind the police officer lay the wreck of the child’s family car. Her father died in that crash, and the impact severely injured her mother. The collision threw her siblings from the vehicle. It was […]