Inspiration From The Mountain

Life gives us responsibilities to carry and problems to work through. Most of the time, we try to handle them ourselves. Think of those ordinary struggles as skirmishes. Generally, we have enough strength to fight them. Some are easily won, while others require us to...

The God of Now How Quickly We Forget The desert wind stung their faces as the last of the sun bled across the horizon. Sand scratched at their sandals with each step, and the heat of the day clung to their skin even as the shadows stretched long and thin across the...

Before sin, before brokenness, before we started hiding from God—or from each other—there was simply relationship. Have you ever pictured the conversations Adam, Eve, and God might have shared? Did Adam and Eve ask Him questions about the sun and clouds? Did they...

There are seasons when faith feels wonderfully clear. You pray and the answer seems to come quickly. You open Scripture and the words meet you exactly where you are. A door opens at the right time. A conversation brings the encouragement you needed. In those moments,...

About eighty yards behind the campus chapel at Laurel Mountain Ministries, near the edge of the woods, sits a small Prayer Garden. Wood-chip paths wind through bushes and flower gardens that change with the seasons. A few small trees provide shade. Two large pieces of...

So, when does doing the right thing become the wrong thing? Peter faced that question on a rooftop in Joppa. He went there to pray while someone downstairs prepared his meal. Waiting, Peter grew hungry, but before the food arrived, God interrupted his prayers with a...