Our friend shared that for a while he went through a period of deep depression. One day he prayed, “God, You are all I’ve got. Show me You love me.”

A lady in our Bible study had considered the verse, “As ye have done it unto the least of these, ye have done it unto me,” and began to consider the possibilities of ministering to children in her neighborhood. She previously had resented having the rowdy kids in. “I felt in control when they weren’t there.” But she decided to change her attitude and treat them with love for Jesus.

I told a Vietnamese woman that our God is a happy God. She stopped what she was doing and looked at me. “What religion did you say that is?”

"Let's each tell something for which we are thankful," my husband suggested as we traveled with our two young children and my mother one holiday. I've thought often of Mother's summary statement. After mentioning several things for which she was grateful, she added, "If God is pleased, all is well. Let other things fall where they will, if I know that God is pleased, I am happy."

A young man went to a sage and inquired, “Tell me how to see God.”

The old sage said, “Come with me,” and led him to the back of his house where there was a pond.”

No failure or mistake is so serious but what God can make something worthwhile from our lives. We have a great Redeemer who can redeem any situation we give to Him.

After yesterday’s email listing Scriptures in which Jesus asked us to pray in His Name, readers asked me to define what that phrase means. Jesus seemed eager for us to go to the Father using His name. In fact, the Apostle John recorded Jesus’ promise: “You haven't done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy” (John 16:24 NLT). I will share what it means to me.

Six times in only three chapters, (John 14-16) Jesus invites us to ask. ... 1. “I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father” (14:13).