God's Glory Church

“Who will despise the day of small things?” — Zechariah 4:10 During the wedding ceremony, our shy friend Dave stood in the corner clutching a long cloth-wrapped object. When it was his turn to present his gift, he handed it to us. Evan and I opened the package to find a hand-carved piece of wood (…)

“Guard your heart, because life comes from it.” — Proverbs 4:23 The human heart is an amazing organ. This fist-sized pumping station weighs between 300 and 450 grams. Every day, the heart beats about 100,000 times and pumps seven and a half thousand liters of blood through one hundred thousand kilometers of blood vessels in (…)

“He gave Himself for our sins in order to free us from the evil modern age.” — Galatians 1:4 A few friends set out on a boat across the English Channel, hoping that the forecast for stormy weather would change. But the wind rose, the waves became restless. This threatened the safety of their vessel, (…)

“The fool is angry and the brave.” — Proverbs 14:16 Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island in England connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway. Twice a day, the sea covers the dam. Signs warn visitors of the dangers of crossing at high tide. However, tourists regularly ignore warnings and (…)

“So many of us are one body in Christ, and individually we are members of one another.” — Romans 12:5 Most of the three hundred residents of the town of Whittier, Alaska, live in one apartment complex, which is why Whittier is called “the city under one roof.” Amy, a former resident, says, “I didn’t (…)

“You are no longer strangers and strangers, but fellow citizens of the saints, and at home for God.” — Ephesians 2:19 “You don’t belong here.” These words broke the heart of an eight-year-old girl, and the pain caused remained with her forever. Her family emigrated from a refugee camp in a war-torn country to another (…)

“I told you this so that you may have peace in Me.” —John 16:33 A photo of my five-year-old daughter, who triumphantly won the fun competitive game “Gutters and Stairs,” appeared on the Facebook social network. We also played this board game a lot when we were kids. The game, which was invented in ancient (…)

“You will show me the way of life: joy is great with You.” — Psalm 15:11 The pandemic was winning. That’s what it looked like for Jason Persoff, an emergency room doctor who dedicated himself to saving patients with the coronavirus. What helped him to study “to the fullest”? In his off-hours, he relaxed by (…)

“He will not break a broken reed, and a smoldering wick will not be extinguished.” — Isaiah 42:3 When I pet our fluffy Norwegian Forest cat, Mystique, when I play with her or when she falls asleep in my lap at night, it’s hard to believe that this is the same cat we met years (…)

“And yourselves, as if those stones are alive, build a spiritual house.” — 1 Peter 2:5 There are many names for groups of animals in the world. No doubt you have heard of a flock of sheep, a herd of cattle, or even a flock of geese. But some names may surprise you. For example, (…)