IT PAYS TO LISTEN
Sometimes, it really pays to be able to discern His voice among all the other voices. Here is an interesting example found in Character...
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Penn Clark
- Oct 5, 2020
- 3 min
YOU’RE GOING TO FLY TONIGHT
The following is a story I wrote to inspire those who need a word from the Lord to sustain them when everything around them says they are...
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Penn Clark
- Oct 5, 2020
- 6 min
LIVING IN SYNC WITH GOD’S WILL
Whenever we insist on God’s will, rather than our own, we will experience moments where it becomes obvious to us and to others that our...
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Penn Clark
- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
HIS GOOD HAND IS UPON US
A good study to make on your own has to do with a little phrase, “the good hand of his God upon me” found in the stories of Ezra and...
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Penn Clark
- Oct 5, 2020
- 2 min
EXAMPLES OF GUIDANCE IN THE CHRISTMAS STORY
There are people who try to take the supernatural aspect of personal guidance away, saying we have many natural means available for us...
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Penn Clark
- Jul 10, 2020
- 4 min
Welcome to the Wilderness
The Place Where Messengers of God Are Formed I had set aside some time to seek the Lord, not because I was feeling especially spiritual,...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 24, 2020
- 10 min
THE POWER AND PURPOSE OF THANKSGIVING
It is not a secret that our country is greatly divided, distressed, and in debt. It is not the first time, though. Even when Abraham...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 24, 2020
- 9 min
WE HAVE NEED OF ENDURANCE
If you have ever read the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton's effort to cross the Antarctic Ocean on the ship called Endurance, you would...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 22, 2020
- 5 min
HURICANE SEASON
As Hurricane Ike roared across the island of Gilchrist, Texas, just off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, a 14-foot wall of water washed...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 22, 2020
- 5 min
THE BLINDNESS OF BLAME
THE BLINDNESS OF BLAME by Penn Clark There is a tendency in all of us to focus too much on what others have done wrong to us so that we...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 22, 2020
- 3 min
OUR RESPONSE HAS TO BE THE SAME
When we are going through difficulties, sometimes it is hard to discern who is behind it. We often become over-wrought wondering whether...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 22, 2020
- 1 min
WALKING IN THE GRACE WE HAD IN THE BEGINNING
How did you receive the Lord? Did you do anything that merited His acceptance of you? Not likely. As Christians we tend to add so many...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 22, 2020
- 4 min
THE POWER OF THE SEED
In Matthew 13, Jesus said that the sower went forth to sow. It was his responsibility to sow, but he was not responsible for what...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 22, 2020
- 2 min
Walking in Newness of Life
Our home is surrounded by apple orchards. One winter I noticed how many of the trees still had apples on them even though the New York...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 22, 2020
- 6 min
Your Feelings Do Not Matter
In terms of spiritual stability, one of the biggest mistakes I tend to make, and see others making, is concluding that our feelings are...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 22, 2020
- 4 min
His Eye is on the Sparrow
It is not the big things in life that create stress for me, so much as the compounding pressure of all the little things. Jesus gave His...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 21, 2020
- 18 min
Hope For Depression
There was a time when I would never have admitted to myself that I was depressed—even though I was—just because I was too prejudiced...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 21, 2020
- 3 min
Spiritual Check-up
Here is a list of things that I use on retreats in order to evaluate how well I am doing. These are not in order of importance, but focus...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 21, 2020
- 2 min
Spring Cleaning
As we enter into spring, many of us fine it necessary to do some extra cleaning around the place. I doubt that many people actually like...
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Penn Clark
- Apr 21, 2020
- 5 min
As The Days of a Tree
The Lord spoke through Isaiah about the people of God, saying, For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people… (Isaiah...
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