God's Glory Church

“I will turn the wilderness into a lake of water, and the dry land into springs.” — Isaiah 41:18 After the devastating hurricane “Katrina” in 2005, the gradual reconstruction of New Orleans began. One of the hardest hit areas was the Lower Ninth Ward, where residents were without access to basic resources for years after (…)

“I don’t stop thanking you for you, and I remember you in my prayers.” — Ephesians 1:16 They didn’t think that Jorn, the tenant who worked the land, would be able to achieve much. However, despite his poor eyesight and other physical limitations, he devoted himself to the people in his village in Norway, praying (…)

“He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.” — 1 Corinthians 1:31 James Morris was once called an “ignorant layman with a hot heart”, but God used him to lead Augustus Toplady to a saving faith in Jesus Christ. Toplady, the author of the well-known Christian hymn “This Gracious Rock”, described Morris’s sermon as (…)

“For His mercy has not ended, it is new every morning.” — Lamentations 3:22-23 For three years, Susan didn’t buy anything for herself, except for basic necessities. The Covid-19 pandemic has affected my friend’s income and she has switched to a frugal lifestyle. “One day, while cleaning the apartment, I noticed how shabby and faded (…)

“I will send you to Pharaoh, and bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” — Exodus 3:10 Two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln freed enslaved people and the Confederacy surrendered, the state of Texas still did not recognize the freedom of enslaved people. So, on June 19, 1865, Union (…)

“When you reap your harvest in your field, and you forget a sheaf in the field, you do not return to take it – it will be for the stranger, the orphan and the widow.” — Deuteronomy 24:19 Several years ago, our church was asked to take in refugees who were fleeing their country after (…)

“So that your will does not become an occasion to please the flesh, but to serve one another with love.” — Galatians 5:13 When my uncle Emory passed away, it was a grand farewell. However, all this honor reflected one idea: Emory showed his love for God through service to others. Nowhere was this more (…)

“Your faith, O daughter, has saved you.” — Mark 5:34 During a Saturday morning Bible study, a father was perplexed that his beloved but wayward daughter had returned to town and her behavior made him uncomfortable in his home. Another member of this small Bible study group was not feeling well, as the physical effects (…)

“But you must be vigilant in everything … do the work of the evangelist, fulfill your service.” — 2 Timothy 4:5 When the Titanic hit an iceberg in April 1912, pastor John Harper found a place for his six-year-old daughter in one of the lifeboats. He then gave his life jacket to one of the (…)

“Let everyone give as his heart allows.” — 2 Corinthians 9:7 At the after-school Bible club where my wife Sue serves once a week, students were asked to donate money to help children in war-torn Ukraine. About a week after Sue told our eleven-year-old granddaughter, Maggie, about the project, we received an envelope from her (…)