When we first realized that our youngest daughter, Leticia, needed glasses, she was eight or nine years old. Although she stood only a few feet from the kitchen clock, she asked for the time. We responded, “Can’t you see the time? It is right in front of you!” She protested, “But, it’s blurry and unclear.” [...]
LaVerne and I meet so many believers who find themselves in a season when God seems to stop speaking as clearly as he once had to them. In fact, many feel as if God is silent. When God seems to be silent, it doesn’t mean that He is absent. King David, on more than one [...]
This week I am finishing up co-writing my first book with my wife, LaVerne: “When God Seems Silent.” We all go through times when God seems to be silent, and it is often during these times that he is doing his greatest work in our lives. We have found that when we are really serious [...]
Some of God’s people spend their lives in so much fear of making a mistake that they never do anything. There are times when it is much better to do something rather than continue to do nothing. Without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6). Remember the movie What About Bob? In it [...]
It seems like everywhere I turn, I find myself talking to someone who feels as if they are in the “land in between.” They know God has something for them in the next season, but find themselves waiting, and God seems to be silent. They feel like Abram on his way to the Promised Land [...]
God has not forgotten your dreams. He is working behind-the-scenes in ways you do not see. God sees a beautiful diamond inside each of us, but it takes time for Him to cut out the impurities in our lives so that we can reflect Jesus. Sometimes the refining process feels as if it’s taking too long [...]
Every time I get on an airplane I am glad that the pilot has been properly trained. The pilot has taken flight school and has logged thousands of hours of flying. I feel the same way when I visit a doctor. I know the doctor has been properly trained. You are called by God to [...]
Do not allow the past to steal your present, nor the uncertainty of the future to steal your joy. Every problem that you and I have is an opportunity for a miracle or new door to be opened. As you read through the Bible, you’ll find that every miracle was preceded by a problem. The [...]
I just returned from Indonesia, the most populated Muslim nation on earth. Currently 200 million Muslims live in this nation. But here is the good news! Every 15 seconds a Muslim becomes a follower of Jesus in Indonesia! Last year, 2 million Muslims received Jesus Christ as Lord in this nation! God is mightily at [...]
Samuel is my translator in Indonesia this week. He had been abandoned by his father and was a Buddhist at age 15, searching for God. Jesus appeared to Him one day. The Lord told him of His great love for him and he came to Christ. A few years later he was in a Christian [...]