“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” (Psalm 32:8, KJV) We were recently checking into our hotel in Sydney, Australia. The hotel reservationist was a young woman from Ecuador. Since I speak Spanish, we began to talk about the cultural differences she had to adjust to as she made her home in Australia. Since we arrived early in the morning, our room was not ready, so we [...]

“But He answered and said to them, ‘I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.’”  (Luke 19:40, NKJV) People often ask me, “How do you evangelize?” My thought is how do you not? Actually, I didn’t know that talking about Jesus was called evangelism. For me it is Jesus Himself telling about all that He is and what He did; it is not something that is thought out or a plan. It is [...]

 “How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!” (Hebrews 9:14, NIV) Our home visits in Israel include sitting around a table enjoying Shabbat dinners with families. They usually mention kosher dietary rules and regulations. The keeping of the clean from the unclean is practiced. You can’t mix meat with dairy. They are [...]

 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.  Romans 9:33 I was looking in the window of a hotel store in Jerusalem at a display of an exotic and exclusive collection of historical rocks dug out from the ground in Israel. As I studied the shapes and colors, a man walked out of the shop and introduced himself as the owner. He invited me [...]

“Now while they were on their way, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened. And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, and said, ‘You are to say, “His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.” And if this should come to the governor’s ears, we will win him over and [...]

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” (Romans 1:16, KJV)  During a Shabbat dinner that I attended recently, an Arab was the honored guest of a Jewish host. The Jewish gentleman was a successful physician and the Arab gentleman a linguist, with two degrees from Harvard University. They sat at the head of the [...]

“So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.”(Psalm 102:15, KJV) Entering a German checkpoint at Frankfurt Airport last fall, I was stopped by an official. My carry-on bag, after it was put through the security scanner, was taken aside and set on a table. I was asked to step in front of it. “Is this yours?” the man asked sternly. “Yes,” I answered. The bag carried two Bibles, three daily devotionals, and Bible studies, so I wondered what the machine could have [...]

 “He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.” (Psalm 148:14, KJV)  While in Brussels, we didn’t expect to meet an Israeli Jew. He was a commander in the military reserve. We began to talk, and that lasted for more than an hour. I explained to him the plan of salvation through the Son of the God of Israel, Yeshua the [...]

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, Ephesians 1:5 I was in a hurry.  I wanted to buy some flowers for our host before we left the city where we were staying and my husband was working. We stopped by the store, and I searched for just the right flowers. I noticed a plant that had the loveliest white flowers. I recalled that she had a [...]

“But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 10:33, KJV) While I was waiting for a flight at the airport gate, a young man was sitting and having a conversation on his cell phone in a very loud voice. I studied him for a moment. He seemed not to care that his loud voice was in everyone’s ears. He was speaking in a language I was not familiar [...]