When a friend sent me a short Bible study by email, one verse in particular stood out to me: “A wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.”1 That was an interesting thought: open doors and adversaries are biblically and sometimes necessarily connected.
In times of supreme test, God has revealed Himself to me and I have found Him so real that I could shout with absolute confidence, “I know whom I have believed!”1 God has promised, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they…
Last year my husband and I looked into getting a summerhouse for our garden. In England, a summerhouse is usually a small wooden cabin or shed with glass doors and windows—just enough protection to be able to sit out in the garden on the many days when the weather is…
In Reaching for the Invisible God, Philip Yancey writes, “Many Christians quote the verse Romans 8:28, ‘And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,’ with the implication that somehow everything will turn out for the best.” I firmly believe in a…
Question: Sometimes I feel like I’m being overcome with worries. What can I do to stop worrying so much? Answer: Who doesn’t worry sometimes? We worry about what’s going to happen in the world. We worry about failing in school or in our work. We worry that we won’t be…