Power To Cope Proving Mother Wrong! “Jacob” was certain it would not be hard to find “the” verse in scripture that would clear up his mother’s mistaken new belief that Jesus was the Jewish messiah. At least it should be nothing that two hours of daily Bible study couldn’t solve! Eight months later a now much more [...]
Power To Cope As A Triplet: Melissa, Brian and Tori Kretschmar The conversation with these three 13½-year-olds is laced with spiritual insights and youthful reactions expressed ingenuously. At this point all three are deliberately choosing to make time for God. They speak casually of schedules that include voluntary personal and family worship. They’re normal youth [...]
Power to Cope with Emptiness John‘s emptiness had been present much of his life. Nothing earthly could fill it. Successful in his business studies, John found the vacancy within himself ever-present and dominating–whether he was on Madison Avenue giving advice and making international deals involving millions of dollars, or following socially acceptable drinking and other mood-altering-easily-obtainable drugs. He [...]
Power To Cope for 85 Years! James Land witnesses to God’s faithfulness during over eight decades of a life filled with challenges and blessings as he tells of: his career choice and financial uncertainties as well as leadings; his choice of a life companion (Robbie Lee, a power-filled prayer partner); and as time went on health challenges that God continues to carry him [...]
Power To Cope with Electrocution Scott Barlow was seeking a closer walk with Jesus about the time of a profound loss that turned the family upside down. Through self-sacrificing service in Ethiopia, the family was united and became focused–while the size of their family increased! In the process, Scott survived electrocution, a life mission was imprinted within all [...]
Power To Cope with Career Joys and Life’s Disappointments Greg: When a man finds a career that leads him into serving God with joy—how could there be such loneliness that leads to desperation and at times wrong conclusions about answers to prayer? Yet red flags waved loud and clear. Greg experienced exactly that, but in the [...]
Power To Cope Surviving Domestic Violence Chavella’s story is a testimony that one never has to face life alone. God steadied her, and brought escape after her first marriage of 22 years with a man whose brutality came to be expected when he was drinking. Their growing-up children helped her escape his infidelity and mistreatment. Several years [...]
Power to Cope with Unemployment John Fallone is a success as a salesman and entrepreneur in developing consulting services and strategies for saving businesses. What he touches—when given a chance, seems to turn to “gold”…but costs many hours away from home/family/church direct needs. As the economic market has been volatile, so has been his steady [...]
Power to Cope with Gender Change & Reversal Speaking with Ruthellen in a conversation that at the least had to have been difficult for this woman who has her doctorate in psychology. Ruthellen’s life had been touched with early memories of a tarnished picture of God to say the least—by a man who told her [...]
Power to Cope with Multiple Surgeries In this conversation Trish describes in some detail the story of one emergency surgery after another in a recent two-year period when she was told they were life or death in urgency! She experienced tremendous pain and would at times say her “good-bys” – yet each time she has [...]