God's Glory Church

“Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.” — Luke 15:6 “I’m called the Lord of the Rings. I’ve already found 167 lost rings this year.” While walking along the beach, my wife Kari and I chatted with an elderly man who was walking around with a metal detector. “Sometimes the (…)

“He stretched out His hand from on high, He took me.” — Psalm 17:17 In a recent post, blogger Bonnie Gray recalled a moment when her heart was filled with great sadness. “During the happiest period of my life… I suddenly began to experience panic attacks and depression.” Gray tried to find ways to soothe (…)

“With all humility and meekness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love.” — Ephesians 4:2 One morning I was sitting in my chair. My youngest daughter came down to me from the upper floor and immediately jumped into my lap. I dove into her in a paternal way and kissed her on the head. (…)

“Love… is like… the heat of fire, it is a flame.” — Song of Songs 8:6 Poet, artist and printer William Blake enjoyed forty-five years of marriage to his wife Catherine. From their wedding day until his death in 1827, they always worked together. Catherine added colors to William’s sketches. Their zeal persisted despite years (…)

“And I say to you: Love your enemies.” — Matthew 5:44 “I know what they’re saying. And I’m telling you…” As a child, I heard this phrase from my mother a thousand times. The context has always been peer pressure. She tried to teach me not to follow the crowd. I am no longer a (…)

“Thus says the Lord God: Repent, and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations!” — Ezekiel 14:6 “Do you see that, Brother Tim?” A friend of mine, a Ghanaian pastor, shined a torch on a carved object standing near the dugout. “This is the idol of the village,” (…)

“Your brother will rise!” —John 11:23 While in a small West African town, my American pastor arrived on time for the 10 a.m. Sunday service. However, there was no one in the church hall. He decided to wait. One hour. Two. Finally, around half past one in the morning, the local pastor arrived at the (…)

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for the truth, for they will be fed.” — Matthew 5:6 The gruesome assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. occurred at the height of the American civil rights movement in the 1960s. However, only four days later, his widow, Coretta Scott King, bravely led a peaceful protest (…)

“I will rejoice in the Lord… I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!” — Habakkuk 3:18 Monika fervently prayed that her son would return to God. She cried because of his unholy way of life and even searched for him in the different cities where he chose to live. The situation seemed hopeless. (…)