Thoughts By Men

2025-05-11

A Lesson from Mom

The acts of tenderness, that my mother showed me, even though she had a rough life, had a great impact on my life.

2025-05-10

Bold Love

The love of a mother for her child . . . is there a love any deeper?

2025-05-09

Security for Children

In a day when children and young people lack a feeling of security, Christian parents should cooperate with God in helping to provide for their families such a sense of security and refuge.

2025-05-08

Teaching Your Children in the Faith

To teach our children is a personal duty. We cannot delegate it to Sunday school teachers, or other friendly aids.

2025-05-07

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear

God longs for me to draw near him. He has shown me his heart by sending Jesus. . If he loves me that much, then I can trust that his desire is to save and bless me.

2025-05-06

Handling Difficult Circumstances

Focusing on Christ is neither a natural reaction nor an easy one. Our instinct is to dwell on the situation at hand, searching for solutions or stewing over the pain and difficulty. As a result, troubles look scary and overwhelm us with a sense of defeat.

2025-05-05

Don’t Waste the Moments

Imagine considering every moment as a potential time of communion with God. Why don’t you give these moments to God?

2025-05-04

The Base

Are you doing your part to live out the base of our Christian faith? Jesus gave us salvation, but He calls on us to live the base of our faith.

2025-05-03

Rejoice In Suffering

It is not in our human nature to want to suffer. In fact, our society encourages us to avoid hardship at all costs.

2025-05-02

The Woodshed

When I cycle into work, I pass by a woodshed where pallets of sawn wood of various lengths and thickness are stacked and kept dry.

2025-05-02

Fighting Evil or Seeking Good?

We have just observed the National Day of Prayer. Most part people kept on doing what they normally do. There was not a word about it in my hometown newspaper.

2025-05-01

In Distress

Holy and righteous Father, please forgive me for the times that I am in rebellion to your will. Help me to recognize those times and give me the strength to avoid those temptations.

2025-04-30

The Opposites of Love

Love has become a universal term that can be many things to many people. Some love golf, some love family and some love Jesus.

2025-04-29

Praise Ye the Lord!

The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. (Westminster Catechism) What we're talking about here is living with an attitude of praise. Anyone can do it - rich or poor, new Christian or old, healthy or sick.

2025-04-28

Full of Grace and Truth

“Jesus was full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). Not just grace, but truth. Not just truth, but grace.

2025-04-27

Let Us Not Grow Tired

Are you heading into this week just flat out exhausted? Is there some great weight upon you that you just can’t seem to lift? Have no fear, for our God does not grow weary.

2025-04-26

Inconvenient Truth

The inconvenient truth is that God is not at fault when we disregard his wisdom.

2025-04-25

Jesus Christ Never Changes

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever". (Hebrews 13:8)

2025-04-24

Words that Echo

Many years ago, an old man advised me to cast my bread on the water,

2025-04-23

As Christ Accepted You

One of the most difficult relationship questions is, “What do we do with Opposite You?” Your Opposite You is the person with whom you fundamentally disagree.

2025-04-22

Almighty Creator

In a world of startling beauty and a universe of dazzling diversity, our hearts are to be drawn back to the One who made it and now sustains it.

2025-04-21

The Shirt Off His Back

"And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.” 1 John 3:16 Today, someone offered me the shirt off his back.

2025-04-21

The Silent Waiting

One thing you can say about the world we live in is that it’s a noisy place. Silence is not always easy to find.

2025-04-16

Betrayed by Judas

Jesus knew Judas had been seduced by a powerful foe. He was aware of the wiles of Satan’s whispers (he had just heard them himself). He knew how hard it was for Judas to do what was right. He didn’t justify what Judas did. He didn’t minimize the deed. Nor did he release Judas from his choice. But he did look eye to eye with his betrayer and try to understand.

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