Have you ever asked yourself, “Does God really know me? Does he really love me?” I know I have asked myself this question countless times throughout my life. This world has a way of hiding truths from our hearts, and important details like this one can get lost in the path and obstacles of life. I tend to be a thinker, and as a thinker, I often ponder about life, our society, our nations, our world, analyzing and seeking to understand things from different perspectives, such as histo ... [read more]...

The saddest thing that is taught in the North American continent is that we only cry out to God when things are going bad. We can pray when we are sick, we are told. When times come that look like we are going to be overwhelmed, then seek God. There are far too many teachings on this. Don’t get me wrong, I am not against calling out to God in times of trouble, but how sad it must be for God, when that is the only time we pray to Him. Jesus didn’t die for us so we can have a safety net for wh ... [read more]...

There has been a wide debate about whether God answers prayer or is indifferent to us. Some say that God always answers prayer as long as we believe He will. This is taught by those who teach the prosperity gospel. Some say there are too many people for God to listen to each individual prayer. This is believed by those who don’t want to follow after God’s truth found in the Bible. We are going to take a look at the three answers that God gives to prayer, and the scriptures that back them ... [read more]...

“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. Your sons hasten back, and those who laid you waste depart from you!” (Isaiah 49:15 NIV) Like so many other parents, I have a child not following the Lord in the way I would like, so I was praying fervently for him. “God would you send your Spirit to draw him to ... [read more]...

2 Corinthians 12:3-4 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the Father of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort that we ourselves have received from God (NIV).” We all go through difficult circumstances, in order to grow, to relate to others and so as to offer support to them. Ultimately though, we all just need God to come and intervene in our lives. We need to take our ... [read more]...

Many times when we don’t get the answer that we want in prayer, we think, “Well, I am just one person and God doesn’t have time to hear my prayer. ” We think that God is so big and we are so small that somehow our prayer gets lost in the sending. We just don’t realize just how big God really is. We also forget that we can ask God to listen to our prayers. This doesn’t offend him that we ask him to listen anymore then we are offended when a child says to us, &# ... [read more]...

HE HEARS Written by Michelle Martin The excited squeals and screams from my nineteen nieces and nephews filled the crisp autumn air as they prepared for our family’s annual Thanksgiving obstacle course. Children of various ages and sizes stopped to listen for their instructions, all the while planning their strategy in order to secure the fastest time. As I surveyed the pending pandemonium from the edge of the lawn, a tender scene was unfolding before my eyes. My three year old niece, not yet ... [read more]...