God's Glory Church

“What good is it to a man who gains the whole world but loses his own soul?” — Mark 8:36 In 1920, John Sung, the sixth child in the family of a Chinese pastor, received a scholarship to study at one of the universities in the United States. He graduated with honors, completed a master’s (…)

“So by righteousness the king will reign… like streams of water in the desert.” — Isaiah 32:1-2 When geologists were drilling an oil well in one hot and arid country, they unexpectedly discovered a huge underground water system. For example, in 1983, the “big man-made river” project appeared, within the framework of which a network (…)

“Love your neighbor as yourself.” — Galatians 5:14 The young pastor asked God every morning to bless others through him. To his delight, such cases did happen regularly. Once, during a break at his second job, he was sitting in the sun with a colleague, and he asked him a question about Christ. The pastor (…)

“Good news from a distant land is cold water for a thirsty soul.” — Proverbs 25:25 “Mom! We have a fly in the honey!” – came the daughter’s voice from the kitchen. I answered with a well-known proverb: “A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than twenty barrels of vinegar.” To tell you the (…)

“For a man looks at the face, but the Lord looks at the heart.” — 1 Samuel 16:7 Many years ago, Julia Landsman auditioned for the position of first horn player of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York. The contestants played behind a screen so that the judges did not have a biased attitude. (…)

“Who knows, maybe for a time like this, you have reached the kingdom.” — Esther 4:14 Lord, why? Is this really Your plan? I have a family, small children, and suddenly such a terrible diagnosis: cancer. No wonder these and many other questions were running through my head. Moreover, we have recently started a joint (…)

“Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.” — James 1:19 A close friend made harsh accusations against me. My heart was ready to burst out of my chest and I already opened my mouth to refute her words. What I posted on the Internet had nothing to do with (…)

“And they beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles.” — Micah 4:3 My wife has a necklace and earrings from Ethiopia. Their elegant simplicity is evidence of the special talent of an unknown master. But the most amazing thing about these ornaments is their history. After decades of armed conflict and an (…)

“Rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” — Luke 10:20 We have known Ka for more than a year. He came to our weekly small group meetings where we shared what we had learned from the Bible over the past few days. Once, during another meeting, Ka remembered that he had participated in the (…)

“Turn to me and have mercy on me, for I am lonely and poor.” — Psalm 24:16 In his book Adoption for Life, Dr. Russell Moore describes how he and his family traveled to an orphanage to adopt a child. There was an unusual, eerie silence in the hall for babies. Babies in cribs did (…)