How to Stay Safe When the Rain Comes

The rain comes fast these days in Honduras. We’ve only lived here six months, but I’ve learned something about Honduran thunderstorms. You can’t see them coming. A quick walk around the block can be unexpectedly interrupted by the boom of thunder and a flash across the sky. The rain doesn’t just start to sprinkle, it immediately pours! There have been times I’ve walked outside to clear blue skies when a few minutes later the sky turns dark, the world clouds…

When the Spirit Prays for Us

When the Spirit Prays for Us  When I first read Romans 8:26, I was consumed with gratitude. Can you imagine the gift, honor, and grace involved in the Spirit’s intercession for us? Intercession means to “act on the behalf of someone else.” The Spirit does this for us every single time we pray. What comfort we can gain from this amazing knowledge. Paul spoke about the Holy Spirit’s work in Romans 8. In this chapter, we find six ways the…

Does God Really Rescue?

Does God Really Rescue? Oh dear, friend. Maybe you are asking, “Does God Really Rescue?” You are not forgotten. I can’t say that enough. You are NOT forgotten. God sees you. Just as God saw Noah, God sees you! We know God was in Noah’s life. God did not forget Noah while the storm raged and when the waters were still flooding the earth.  Sometimes God doesn’t say why we have be alone, only that while we are alone we…

Does God Really Remember?

The Bible talks about how God remembered Noah, but does God really remember us? “But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.” Genesis 8:1 There is a lady at our home church who always remembers birthdays. I’m sure she has a calendar to keep track, but with every single person she knows she bakes them something…