Gayle

People who go fishing always try to find that special spot where the “fish are biting”, so it will be easy to catch the fish.... The disciples had returned from trying to catch fish all night but were unsuccessful. Not a single fish had been caught. Jesus knew this when He tells Peter in Luke 5:4, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” Why would the Lord be telling him that? Because Jesus knew where the fish were, and if Peter would obey Him, there would be a...

During our morning devotional time, I asked, "Myrna, did Jesus cry?" "He wept," she replied. “That verse brings back a hilarious memory when I was the Director of a Christian school. Every Wednesday morning in chapel all the classes quoted a scripture they had memorized that week. There was one class of junior high school students who had memorized and quoted several chapters. Since the upcoming chapel was to include a special program, I asked that teacher to have his class memorize a shorter...

Being a baby Christian and after hearing other Christians pray, I (Myrna) realized I didn't know how to pray. I cried out to the Lord, "Teach me how to pray for others. I don't know how or what to say." A month later, while reading the Bible, I opened to Philippians and right there, God revealed the answer to my prayer. Paul wrote a letter to the Christians at Philippi and in it he wrote his prayer for them (Philippians 1:3-11). The Holy Spirit prompted me to make Paul's prayer my own prayer...