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“Wait for the Lord in silence and rely on Him.” — Psalm 36:7 I settled comfortably in the float capsule. This is a special camera that isolates a person from any external stimuli. My body floated in the liquid, as if in weightlessness. The music began to subside and gradually fell silent. The light gradually (…)
“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show his works in gentle wisdom by good conduct.” — James 3:13 Just before Easter 2018, a terrorist broke into the shopping center. He killed two people and took a woman hostage. Attempts to free her were unsuccessful, and then one of the policemen offered himself (…)
“And now they left the nets and followed Him.” — Matthew 4:20 The lighting was reduced in the conference center. Several thousand students bowed their heads. The preacher said the consecration prayer, and then invited those whom God calls to serve in foreign missions to stand up. My friend Lynette stood up from her seat. (…)
“If God is for us, then who is against us?” — Romans 8:31 “In the morning I thought I was worth a lot of money. Now I don’t know if I have even a dollar.” Former US President Ulysses Grant uttered these words the day a business partner appropriated all of his savings. A few (…)
“And when the grace and humanity of the Savior, our God, appeared, He saved us.” — Titus 3:4-5 Fast food restaurant worker Kevin Ford hasn’t missed a shift in twenty-seven years. After a video of him thanking the restaurant for a modest gift presented to him in memory of his many years of work appeared (…)
“You discover that you are the letter of Christ… written… by the Spirit of the Living God.” — 2 Corinthians 3:3 When the peak of the pandemic passed, the rules for wearing masks were relaxed. Then I started forgetting to take a mask with me to those places where their presence was still mandatory, for (…)
“When my spirit within me faints… You know my way.” — Psalm 141:4 Maybe I shouldn’t have agreed to run with Brian. I was in a foreign country and had no idea where or how far we would be running, or what the terrain would be like. In addition, he was a fast runner. Will (…)
“A straight road for the righteous, You make the path of the righteous straight.” — Isaiah 26:7 In sonic baseball, the ball and base emit signals so blind players know what to do and where to move. The blindfolded player (allowing for varying degrees of blindness) who bats the ball and the sighted pitcher are (…)
“The Lord gave, and the Lord took away… Blessed be the Lord’s Name!” — Job 1:21 It couldn’t be worse. Having achieved some success in designing bridges, monuments and large structures, Cesare wanted to start a new business. So, he sold his first business and put the money in the bank, planning to reinvest it (…)
“My heart was in favor of building a temple of peace for the ark of the Lord’s covenant.” — 1 Хронік 28:2 Graduates of a school in Oklahoma collected money for the “trip of a lifetime” all year long. Arriving at the airport, they learned that many of them had purchased tickets from a fictitious (…)