Exodus 17:1-7 A couple of years ago, I was teaching in the upper grades of a small Christian school in our city. The one student had an interesting story. As an older student, she was doing well and liked being at school. As I got to know her, I learned when she was young, reading […]
A Promise of Restoration : Part 1 Joel 2:18-27 Not far from where I live is an old house. I first saw this house more than 40 years ago. It wasn’t in very good shape. The roof was sagging, some windows were broken, and in some places, the stucco was coming off the walls. […]
Exodus 16:22-35 Here at Heralds of Hope, we do lots of our work on computers. This means we have different programs to track our information. Some programs are just for email, others are used to track our donations and expenses, and some programs are used to record and produce this radio program. There are quite […]
Missed Part 1? Listen here! A Plea For Repentance : Part 2 Joel 2:12-17 The Next STEP (in responding to God’s plea for genuine repentance) is, Gather the People These next two verses are very similar to chapter one, verse 14. “Sound the shofar in Zion! Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, […]
Exodus 16:13-21 Seven years ago, there was a new baby in our house. We were thankful God blessed us with a healthy baby boy. My wife and I were excited to have another child, and we did our best to care for him. Like all babies, there were many things he needed, and as a […]
A Plea for Repentance : Part 1 Joel 2:12-17 When I was a teenager, my friend and I ran a trapline together. My friend asked permission for us to set traps on the property of one of his relatives. Things were fine until one day when I was checking traps, I noticed a set […]
Exodus 16:1-12 One lesson we ought to learn early in life is that God is in control. That can be a very hard lesson for us to learn. We want to be in control, we feel we can manage our own affairs. So, because we are able to choose, we can make it hard for […]
The Day of the Lord Joel 2:1-11 By the grace of God, I have never lived in a part of the world wracked by war. But because I enjoy studying and learning about history, I have read many books and watched many movies about World War II. During that war, both the Axis and […]
Exodus 15:22-27 Have you ever experienced the provision of the LORD in the ordinary things of life like clothing, food, and water? Some people never think about thanking the LORD for these ordinary things. Yet life is made up of common things. Most of us do not have spectacular happenings in our lives. We are […]
A Call to Lament Joel 1:13-20 “Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men; And the living will take it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by a sad countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, […]
