When God Unfolds His Will in Pieces

Before the tabernacle was assembled upon the plains, Moses received a vision of it upon the mountain. Before he directed the first weaving, the first stitching, the first forging, he had been given a detailed image of the completed whole. God led him in a comprehensive walkthrough and delivered to him a thorough set of instructions. It’s for this reason that there are chapters in the book of Exodus that run in parallel. In chapter 26 God provides instruction: “You …

How God Speaks To Us Today

In recent days there has been much discussion and debate about how God speaks to his people. The conversation continues, and as it does so, I find myself looking back to the basics, returning to some key principles related to the voice of God. Let me share those with you through four statements. Statement one: God can speak to people in many different ways and guide them with their cooperation. The Bible is full of stories of God speaking to …

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An Answer to Prayer

In April of 2002 I was bored. Not just a little bored either, but mind-numbingly, depressingly, discouragingly bored. Having recently been laid off from a job I had held for several years, I was now working at a new job where I was system administrator at a small company in downtown Oakville. Though the pay was good and the office’s location was great, the job itself was terribly drab. It was repetitive and boring–there was little to stimulate an active …