Setting Captives Free

Setting Captives Free

Exodus 3:8 reads, “I have come down…to bring them up.”   For 400 years the Israelites were enslaved by Egyptian taskmasters who oppressed them and “made their lives bitter” (Exodus 1:4). Many of us can relate to their feelings of...
Setting Captives Free

Helpful Hints for a Happy Marriage

Proverbs 31:11 reads, “The heart of her husband safely trusts her.”   If you want a happy marriage, here are two things you must always keep in mind:   1) Never demean your mate. When you do, you demean yourself. Solomon writes, “Who can find a...
Setting Captives Free

What Is God Saying To You?

Romans 8:28 reads, “In all things God works for the good of those who love him.”   Novelist A.J. Cronin had been practicing as a physician for almost 10 years when he developed a gastric ulcer that required complete rest. So he went to a farm in the...
Setting Captives Free

Welcome the Test (Pt. III)

Genesis 22:16-17 reads, “Because you have done this thing…I will bless you.”   God said to Abraham, “Because you…have not withheld…your only son…I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven” (Genesis...
Setting Captives Free

Welcome the Test (Pt. II)

Genesis 22:9 reads, “He bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar.”   Abraham considered Isaac to be a special gift from God. But God-given gifts are wonderful things – and dangerous things. Why do we say that? Because as you cultivate the gifts...