Abraham Lincoln confided to a friend ldquo I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go rdquo In the horrific years of the American Civil War President Lincoln not only spent time in fervent prayer but also called the country to join him In he proclaimed a ldquo day of humiliation prayer and fasting rdquo And he did so again in stating ldquo It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God to confess their sins and [... more]

When my daughter received a pair of pet crabs as a gift she filled a glass tank with sand so the creatures could climb and dig She supplied water protein and vegetable scraps for their dining pleasure They seemed happy so it was shocking when they disappeared one day We searched everywhere Finally we learned they were likely under the sand and would be there for about two months as they shed their exoskeletons Two months passed and then another month elapsed and I had begun to worry that they rsquo d died The longer we waited the more impatient [... more]

A Christian school for autistic children in India received a big donation from a corporation After checking that there were no strings attached they accepted the money But later the corporation requested to be represented on the school board The school director returned the money She refused to allow the values of the school to be compromised She said ldquo It rsquo s more important to do God rsquo s work in God rsquo s way rdquo There are many reasons to decline help and this is one of them In the Bible we see another When the exiled Jews [... more]