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The prayer shawls that Jews still wear today date back to instructions given 3,500 years ago. At the end of Numbers 15, God tells Moses that the Israelites should make tassels for the corners of their garments. Why would He want them to do this? God tells Moses that this will remind them of all the mitzvahs that He has given them. This

Do you ever wonder who has been praying for you? Of course we give glory to God for His blessings in our lives but was someone asking for those blessings? I don’t always tell the people I am praying for that I have been asking God to bless them in some way so I don’t expect to hear from everyone praying for me. Again, we give glory

I make no apologies for listening to Christian Radio station CHVN 95.1 FMNot every song, every comment made by the DJ is my favourite.BUT, I am constantly challenged to worship the Lord Jesus through the song I'm hearing.  I'm constantly thinking, praying, challenging the words spoken by those doing the talking between songs. WWhen the CHVN

Increase our Faith In Luke 17, the apostles approach Jesus and say, “Increase our faith.” It’s not an unusual statement from disciples to their Rabbi. The Lord responds with the famous words, “If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’;

Do you ever feel blue, sluggish or unmotivated? My niece recently came up with a good idea to get her elderly dad to move about more and get ‘activated’! She called it the Jericho (Wellness Action Plan)! In the book of Joshua, God gave the children of Israel a unique strategy for waging a battle to capture the city of Jericho. The

My dad turned 94 a few weeks ago.  He is a man who loves the Lord Jesus and is never afraid to ask anyone if they know Jesus.  A long time ago (62 years!!) he asked me if I was ready to commit my life to Christ.     When I was 5 years old, my dad, mom, brother Dawson & I were at a camp in Northern Ontario.

Steven James writes in his Book of Prayers,                               ‘the trees on the edge of the forest

Is Faith a Verb? I came across a translation of the Bible called the Complete Jewish Bible (CJW). The concept of a Jewish translation intrigued me and so I have spent the last year reading through it and the accompanying commentary. I learned about some of the Jewish traditions that are assumed in the Bible and was reminded of how strongly

There is a scripture that alludes to the fact that when we invite strangers into our homes, we might be entertaining angels without knowing it. (Hebrews 13:2)   What an interesting verse.  The verse actually says "Don't forget to entertain strangers."   I suppose it could be suggested that anyone that isn't a

When I sat on my backyard swing on one of the last days of summer weather, I appreciated the sense of peace nature gave me. What gives you a sense of peace? Our lives can be full of stress, busyness, problems beyond our control, loneliness or any other ‘peace robbing’ situations.  In the book, Celtic Prayers by David Adam, I