HEARING GOD'S VOICE We first called him Princess, until we found out he was a boy; hence his name became Prince. I figured he must be a boy because he was so intelligent. Just kidding… it was because he was a cockatiel, and only male cockatiels speak. Prince could mimic any voice he [...]
WHY IS THE WORLD AT WAR? The belief we have in the power of prayer is evidenced by the time we give it. One of my past pupils told me about an older lady in her church who she admired greatly, a woman of prayer who loves the Lord dearly and is always [...]
WHY IS THE WORLD AT WAR? We hear about war in the news, and various organizations tell us there are between 27 and 59 live global conflicts in the world right now. Of those worsening are the conflicts in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Yemen, Myanmar, Somalia, and Ethiopia. The Bible makes a bold statement: [...]
LOST AND YOU DON'T KNOW IT “I don’t know what’s wrong with me,” the well-dressed woman confessed to us. “I do everything right: I pray, go to church every Sabbath, pay my tithe, study my Bible daily, but it’s all empty. I’ve never felt close to God.” My mind wrestled with her words, [...]
JUST SAY YES “My father would kill me if he knew I was converting to Christianity,” a brave Muslim recently shared his growing convictions. Wide eyed I marveled at his beaming young face. “I loved yours and René’s sermon this Sabbath. I have decided to convert to Christianity and become a Seventh-day Adventist!” [...]
PRESCRIPTION FOR LOVE “We were about to celebrate the 25th anniversary of our marriage, but for about 10 years, I was disconnected from my husband,” Doreen Cliffe discloses. “I felt trapped in a world I didn’t want to be in with somebody who didn’t care about me. We had been doing health and [...]
HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOUR WILLPOWER The chocolate cake or the apple? Staying in bed or going to the gym? Watching another YouTube video or focusing on your work? Spending or saving? Every day, all day, choices challenge your willpower: the ability to exercise self-control when you need it. The problem is that sometimes [...]
IS THERE ROOM IN YOUR HEART FOR HIM? Is it possible that the safest place to hide from God is in church? “In costly dwellings and splendid churches, the rich shut themselves away from the poor” (The Desire of Ages, pg. 639). Yet, Immanuel, God with us, always had His heart open to [...]
RESCUED“My father described it to me this way,” Mathew Feeley explains, “’The box was full, and one day I came back, and the box was empty. There was nothing left.’ Our family lost everything, and we ended up in Toronto metro housing, where I was born, the youngest of six in Kingston-Galloway, Scarborough, Ontario. [...]
ONE THING I DESIRE “If you could ask God for one thing, what would it be?” My mind seriously mused over the question. As Mike and I ran into our local Costco, seeking shelter from the sweltering summer sun, the thought kept bouncing around my brain: “If you could ask God for one [...]
