Archive for April 1999

My wife and I have been challenged by the life story of Rees Howells. He was raised in a Welsh mining village a century ago and grew to be a man of great spiritual zeal and witness. This founder of the Bible College of Wales demonstrated the amazing potential of intercessory prayer. His biography recounts…

“And now abide faith, hope, love… ” (1 Cor. 13:13). “[The Lord’s mercies] are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness” (Lam. 3:23). One of the lessons we can learn from the life of Moses is the importance of faith and God’s faithfulness. As this man of God was sent back to Egypt to lead…

When parents want to emphasize to their child the need for obedience, they may say, “no ‘if’, ‘ands’, or ‘buts’! ISometimes I needed such direction as I was growing up. Although children can develop skill in giving excuses, the determined mom or dad sees through these tactics. We will notice that God’s children can also…