Steven Wales

WHY ARE WE HERE? Isaiah 40-43.

What is the point of our short little lives? “All humanity is grass… the grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our God remains forever.” Isaiah 40:6,8. “The nations are a drop in a bucket, a speck of dust on the scales… all the nations [6,000,000,000 people!] are as nothing to Him, nothingnessContinue reading “WHY ARE WE HERE? Isaiah 40-43.”

Hard Truths Can Become Words of Comfort. Isaiah 40, Matthew 6:20.

Sunday afternoons will often find me enjoying my new riding mower. Last week I was mowing a maze into a pasture and wishing I had small children around to appreciate it. But it was just me and acres of partially cut grass. A cold front was coming in and every time I turned the mowerContinue reading “Hard Truths Can Become Words of Comfort. Isaiah 40, Matthew 6:20.”

PRAY! 2 Kings 20:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 5:17.

Have you ever thought ‘Oh, well, it’s God’s will—God is going to do what God is going to do’? Are you tempted to think prayer won’t change anything, so why bother—as if God has already decided what He is going to do? THAT’S FALSE! What God has DECIDED is that PRAYER WORKS! What He hasContinue reading “PRAY! 2 Kings 20:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 5:17.”

Does Prayer Really Work? Isaiah 38:1-5; Matthew 7:7-11.

Have you ever doubted prayer? Consider the story of Hezekiah—it is told in THREE books of the Bible: Isaiah, 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles. “Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah came to him and said, ‘Put your affairs in order, for you are about to die.’ Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall andContinue reading “Does Prayer Really Work? Isaiah 38:1-5; Matthew 7:7-11.”

NOBODY’S PERFECT. Isaiah 38:17.

Noah feared God and led his family through the end of the world. Later his sons found him passed out drunk. God called King David a man after his own heart, yet David committed adultery and murder. In spite of Biblical evidence to the contrary, Christians tend to see everyone like characters in a westernContinue reading “NOBODY’S PERFECT. Isaiah 38:17.”

Good Leaders and Bad Leaders. 2 Kings 19:15-19.

Leadership is not about power or titles or money or fame or working with important people. It’s not about YOU. Leadership means leading others through challenges. When a plane crashes in the jungle, the leader walks in front, helping survivors find the way to civilization. The leader of a business is involved every day, workingContinue reading “Good Leaders and Bad Leaders. 2 Kings 19:15-19.”

OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE. Isaiah 33:14-22.

Imagine a campfire—you stack a few logs, light it up, and then feed it wood for hours. As soon as you stop feeding it, it begins to shrink down to nothing. It may rage right now, but will be ashes in an hour, right? But imagine the same campfire with an 18-wheeler truck tire onContinue reading “OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE. Isaiah 33:14-22.”

DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE? Isaiah 35:4.

I do, at least a little. [This was written in August of 2020.] Not only do we have this virus and the hysteria surrounding it—and its continued impact on schools, churches, jobs, the election, and the morale of every American. But we also have the Antifa nuts burning cities, using George Floyd’s death as anContinue reading “DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE? Isaiah 35:4.”

1 (800) TAX-1040: CUSTOMER SERVICE AND HOLD MUSIC. Isaiah 31:17.

Yesterday I spent 45 minutes on hold, waiting for a customer service representative to pick up my call to the IRS. Finally a man answered, told me his name and agent number, and then we were disconnected. Though I did not want to, I called back. After a 30-minute wait, a woman answered and sheContinue reading “1 (800) TAX-1040: CUSTOMER SERVICE AND HOLD MUSIC. Isaiah 31:17.”

WHEN YOU CRITICIZE YOURSELF, YOU CRITICIZE GOD. Isaiah 29:16.

What teenager hasn’t looked in the mirror and hated some aspect of his appearance? Even supermodels do it, and you can tell they have spent way too much time analyzing every detail. One article notes these self-proclaimed flaws—Tyra Banks says her calves are too small and her forehead too big. Coca Rocha says her teethContinue reading “WHEN YOU CRITICIZE YOURSELF, YOU CRITICIZE GOD. Isaiah 29:16.”