Tag: Randy Alcorn

What Would Happen If We Prayed Before We Spent Money?

Setting a waiting period gives God the opportunity to provide what we want, to provide something different or better, or to show us that we don’t need it and should use the money differently.

There Is Still Great Opportunity to Serve Jesus After Age 70 and Beyond

I love to be around older people who can encourage others to serve Jesus after age 70.

What Do Secular Studies on Happiness Have in Common with the Bible?

A naturalistic worldview that embraces randomness, ultimate meaninglessness, and survival of the fittest doesn’t lend itself to secular studies on happiness, but Scripture offers a different path.

When One Day Your Present Life Is Forgotten on Earth, God Remembers Our Present Life Forever and Cares

The Bible tells us that although others may not remember us or care what our lives here have been, God remembers our present life perfectly, and he cares very much—so much that the door of eternity swings on the hinges of our present lives.

Christ and His Kingdom, Not Politics, Should Be the Fix Our Eyes on Jesus Central Focus

This year, we can choose where to fix our eyes on Jesus. Instead of locking them on the short-term things we can see, we are called to turn our gaze, by faith, to what is eternal.

Tell Your Children About Yahweh: That One Day They May Remind You

Perhaps one day your children about Yahweh will speak back to you what you have written and spoken and lived.

We Are Called to Persevere and Finish Well to God’s Glory

Endurance requires patience, because reward for today’s right choices will come as we persevere and finish well, but it may be months or years from now, or not until we leave this world.

The Best Is Still Yet to Be: Anticipating Heaven

Think of it: millions of years from now, in the presence of the happy God who will never tire of us, we’ll still be young, anticipating heaven.