Word for Life World Ministries – Minute Messages

One of the most teaching passages of Scripture is found in Matthew 14:22-33.  Jesus had just fed the 5,000, and had sent the disciples ahead of Him to the land of Gennesart on the other side of the sea of Galilee.  Jesus took the opportunity to spend time alone with God.  Verse 23 tells us […]

The news that we are losing a major department store in our small city has, rightfully so, created a rather depressed mood in our community.  The store (Macy’s Department Store, a national chain) has always been a mainstay at our mall and now, with our loss of JC Penney’s as well, one wonders when the […]

  “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me-just as the Father knows me and I know the Father-and I lay down my life for the sheep.” John 10:14-15   (Scripture Focus: John 10:11-18) If you attended Sunday school as a child, you may remember those rustic pieces of artwork […]

Thomas Merton was an American Catholic writer, and in his autobiography  he relates an incident in his life in which he was heading to the hospital to have his appendix removed. He had been quite ill and had an appointment with a surgeon for the operation. As he was on his way he came across […]

It has been said that the prophet Isaiah is the most quoted prophet in the New Testament. That is without a doubt, the truth. There are numerous passages used by the writers of the life of Christ as well as the letters to the churches. In reading this great prophet’s words, we are touched by […]

(From an image posting on Facebook) “God found Gideon in a hole. He found Joseph in a prison. He found Daniel in a lion’s den. God seems to have a curious habit of showing up in the midst of trouble, not the absence of it. Where the world sees failure, God sees a future. Next […]

Tomorrow is Christmas Day. We rejoice because people do take the time to reflect on the person of Jesus Christ. I know there are many in our world who are driven by political correctness that want to avoid any mention of Jesus during this time as some find that to be offensive. I have nothing […]

Proud Parents A Young father was telling me about his children. He has a girl and a boy and they are a real treasure to him and his wife. You could hear the pride in his voice as he spoke of them. He spoke of his son as we were talking about how kids grow […]

(Written by Norm Russell) It had been four hundred years since God had made any effort to communicate with humanity. That page that separates the Old Testament and New Testament in your Bible represents that span of time. Then, God sent Gabriel to Zachariah, the husband of Elizabeth to announce that they would have a […]

There is nothing worse than being bullied. Especially is this true when it is coming from someone who is “a public servant.” My granddaughter came home for Thanksgiving along with her roommate. When she went to get on the plane for her return trip in Eugene, the woman gave her and my wife a terrible […]