Lifetime Guarantee's Weekly

What Are You Worried About?

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

I was thigh deep in the murky waters of the Brazos River a few weeks ago fly-fishing for large mouth bass. As I worked my way around a brushy dead fall protruding into the river, I flipped my fly carefully under the branches hoping for the trademark attack of a violent and angry fish. Instead, what I saw gave my heart a start. The largest Water Moccasin I have ever encountered slithered its gray-black body off of the dead fall and into the water with me.

God's Palace

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

I was reading in God's Love Letter recently where He says David stashed some 375 tons of pure gold, over twice that amount of pure silver, plus mega-jewels, expensive cloth, wood, etc. for his son, Solomon, to use in building a house in which God could dwell among His people.

What Do You Say?

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

As a kid, one of the first phrases you're taught early on is, "Thank You!" Sometimes this two-word expression comes easy and quite naturally, but other times uttering this phrase is just plain hard. Remember when you unwrapped that present from Aunt Bobbie Jo, expecting a BB Gun, but you got a sweater instead. Your mom looked at you and said, "Little Jimmy, what do you say?" You wanted to scream, "THIS SWEATER IS STUPID!" But you knew if you did, your dad's belt would see to it that sitting would be painful for the next few days, so you mumble off a half-hearted, "Thank you."

Underneath God's Umbrella of Forgiveness

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Let's say that you were living back when David was King of Isreal, and God came to you to pose this question: "As you know, I intend to bring my only Son out of the lineage of King David. My problem is that David had eight wives and nineteen sons. I want you to name the wife whose son I should select."

This is Not Fair!

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

What is fair? It would take reams of paper to even try to exhaust all of the theological tenets of this question that plagues so many people -- especially when their world is upside down. But perhaps these thoughts will give you something to add to your understanding. This is one tiny facet of the answer.

Is 'Sorry' Good Enough?

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

When you sin, are there times when you are emotionally haunted, wondering if you should say more than a simple "I'm sorry"?

Is Failure Fatal?

Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Failure isn't easy to talk about, live with, or get over. I suppose that is why they call it failure. But, as Sir Winston Churchill "the bulldog" said, "Failure is never fatal." However it can be incapacitating if you don't accept Father's invitation to rejoin him in the noble cause of grace.