Daily Meditions with God by Reynold R. Kremer
Perhaps it’s not the best thought, but think for a moment about your tombstone. Not the shape or size, but what you would like to have written on it. What would you like to see as your epitaph? On the tombstone of comedian Oliver Hardy, it says, “A genius of […]
Angel spotting! Have you ever wished you could close your eyes and when you open them, see God’s angels at work? Don=t you think that would be exciting? The Bible says angels are all around us. We know that they guard and protect us. We are confident that at the […]
Our phone books are filled with the names of people who claim to be counselors. There are marriage counselors, legal counselors, counselors for dysfunctional families, school counselors, and on and on. One wonders how people ever survived years ago without a counselor just a phone call away. Certainly counseling is […]
There are some things that our world is obsessed with, and success is one of them. Click on Amazon.com sometime and look for books on success. You will find: The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be, Success Is Not an Accident, […]
The statistics are alarming! Who could have ever imagined that our country would decline to such a sorry state. Consider these statistics: 90% of homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes. 85% of children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes. 71% of all high school dropouts come […]
“On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.” Psalm 63:6 We seldom put much thought into the sleeping habits of Bible people. It just doesn’t seem that important. However, people back then had to sleep just as we do today. But their […]
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8 Jesus had been teaching in the northern area of Palestine near the Sea of Galilee. One day he gathered his large group of disciples near him on a mountaintop. He was about to deliver a lengthy sermon. […]
“Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away.” Matthew 13:48 Since we carry our goods in plastic bags, totes, and boxes, it takes some imagination to realize how important baskets were in Bible times. Baskets needed to be woven by an experienced […]
“You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.” Judges 13:3 What do Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, Manoah’s wife, Hannah, and Elizabeth have in common? They all wanted to have children but were unable. We say that they were all barren or […]
“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.” Matthew 22:2 People in Bible times loved banquets and feasts much like we do today. They celebrated birthdays, marriages, and even the end of sheep shearing. The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary provides these details: […]