Posts with the tag “god-s-sovereignty”

Some of the doors God opens are surprising to me. I regularly visit men in a maximum-security prison, where I have the privilege of sharing from God’s Word during chapel meetings. Over the months we’ve developed a friendship as we’ve studied the Word of God together. During a particularly difficult season of my life, following the death of my husband, I shared with them how easy it can be to doubt...  Read More

My husband and I enjoyed many safaris together while we lived in Africa. We had a four-wheel-drive vehicle; we had all the necessary gear for such excursions (tents and coolers and cookstoves and such); and we had maps for where we were going – so why not head off into the wilderness alone? Among other things, those journeys taught me a lot about the need for prayer, because we very soon learned t...  Read More

There is an old saying in various parts of the world that “An east wind blows no good.” An “east wind” has become something almost synonymous with hardships, storms and trouble of the worst kind. Remarkably, Scripture shows us that God can even use an east wind to bring us good!  Read More