Heart Hope by Olga

The coach was told that the players liked him better than the other coaches. Upon delving deeper to find out why, he discovered that it was because he was an encourager. However there was a caveat; it was a little strange to the players when the team was down by six runs and he would tell them, "We have them right where we want them." Who in their right mind would think that was the best scenario? The other team would seem to have the upper hand in that situation. In a little league baseball game that statement probably does seem out of place, but with God, the impossible is always possible. When according to our finite minds, situations or circumstances look impossible that's the exact place where God can prove His dominance, His authority and His omnipotence. When we look at life through human eyes, we might despair, but when we look through the eyes of Almighty God, there is always room for a miracle. In His Word, God assures us that He is capable of doin...

Have you ever had one of those moments that you knew it was going to be an important time in your life? It might have been in a common, ordinary spot or someplace you had never been before, but you knew that God was at work. One of those times for me was on a trade show floor in Toronto, Canada. I was alone in the booth as it was early in the day when suddenly a man approached, but it was no ordinary man. He could not speak and his method of communication was by writing in a small spiral notebook kept in the pocket of his coat.  It didn’t take me long to determine that he was a man on a mission. He had come to the bustling trade show in hopes of introducing men and women to the Lord…quite a feat for a man without an audible voice. When he pulled out the Four Spiritual Laws I told him that I already knew Jesus.  He began writing excitedly about what had happened to take his voice away, describing how God had led him to the huge auditorium that afternoo...