“Have you finished your Christmas shopping already?” This is a question we’re all familiar with in the run-up to Christmas. Some people do their gift shopping very early, while others rush around the stores on […]
I visited an older sister in a retirement home. She talked about some of her fellow residents, their illnesses, and that their days were likely numbered. She seemed to be doing well for her age. […]
If someone had asked me a few years ago whether I believe that Jesus still heals people, I would have said, “It can happen, but very rarely.” Today, I would say without hesitation, “Yes, He […]
“But Naaman went away angry and said, ‘I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot […]
Psalm 36:5 states, “Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.” These words have a special meaning for me. It was in August, some years ago now, when we […]
In Luke 5, we read about an amazing event in which Jesus healed a man’s soul and body. It was a man who was paralyzed and could not come to Jesus himself, so his friends […]
The precious Gospel also includes healing of the body. We can therefore grasp the promises with faith and expect God’s sovereign work. The Foundation Isaiah, the herald of the age of salvation, was able to […]
Shortly before leaving China, K. Vatsas, a Norwegian missionary who worked with the China Inland Mission, told me the following story: Years ago, a seven-year-old girl named Sigrid Berg lived in the Norwegian capital, Oslo. […]
Dear readers, My name is Manuel Martens, and I am 20 years old, and had the great privilege of working for several months at the Hogar de Paz Children’s Home in Bolivia. I am wholeheartedly […]
When we sit quietly before the Lord and reflect on our life, we quickly reach the limit of what we can truly understand and comprehend. Subsequently, we are prompted in gratitude and deep humility to […]