SHORT

These short posts are brief insights into the Word of God that have a reading time of 5 minutes or less.

  • low section of man against sky
    HEAR AND SEE,  SHORT

    No Record of Wrongdoing!

    Reading Time: 3 Minutes This morning as I was communing with the Lord, He brought up the subject of shame. He reminded me of a story someone told me that I am not at liberty to share with you. But…

  • Father, enlarge my territory with your extravagant love
    DREAMS,  SHORT

    The Father’s Heart

    Reading Time: 5 Minutes On August 25, 2024 the Lord spoke to me in a dream. I saw a few happy people standing in front of me. I felt the love of God around us and knew they were Christians.…

  • God is light.
    SHORT

    Your House

    Reading Time: 4 Minutes When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.…

  • Missionary doctor, Bill Skinner
    FRANCES SKINNER,  SHORT

    Miracles Through Medicine

    Reading Time: 3 Minutes The following post includes excerpts from the book, “Adventures in Paraguay– Our Story” by Frances Skinner, my mother. This account tells of two miracles through medicine that opened doors to share the love of Jesus in…

  • God's Mercy Lasts Forever
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    God Does Not Change

    Reading Time: 5 Minutes This world is eerily changing like shadows that shift in the dark. But God does not change! He has always been and will always be loving, holy, righteous, forgiving and true. God is faithful! Give thanks…

  • Let us not be slow to believe God's Word.
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    Quick to Believe

    Reading Time: 4 Minutes Slow to Believe He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!  Luke 24:25 NIV This scripture takes place after Jesus came alive from the dead. Luke…

  • Team Players
    CHILD-LIKE FAITH,  SHORT

    A Second Chance

    Reading Time: 5 Minutes I’ve never been much of a sports fan as far as picking a team and watching it on TV. But as a child I enjoyed playing a variety of sports including soccer, tennis, swimming, horseback riding,…

  • Joyful Warrior
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    Alyssa Lou

    Reading Time: 5 Minutes Monday morning, June 12th, as I woke up I heard a man’s voice in my mind sing, “Alyssa Lou.” I assumed it was God so I wrote it down and searched in several places for the…

  • Isaiah 1
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    A Nation That Repents

    Reading Time: 5 Minutes MODERN DAY THOUGHTS ABOUT ISAIAH CHAPTER 1 AND A NATION THAT REPENTS When a “Christian nation” falls into sin so that even its laws are evil, it has made itself vulnerable to attack from the devil.…

  • Dying of starvation
    FRANCES SKINNER,  SHORT

    Tribal Rescue

    Reading Time: 3 Minutes As a medical missionary, my Daddy, Dr. William Skinner, wore a variety of different “hats.” For several years he was Disaster Relief Coordinator of the Paraguay Baptist Mission and was able to join in rescue efforts…