Category: Chapters

Have you noticed that in a garden it is easier to experience God than nearly anywhere else? Praying while sitting in or working in a garden is a direct connection to our Creator. Why is that? Because it’s a return to the Garden of Paradise, the Garden of Eden. The close relationship that God intended to have with all of his human creations was first brought into reality here. He wants to restore for us the closeness that our first parents, Adam and Eve, lost. Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so…. And God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:11-13 NIV). Day 21 on the journey includes: Blaise from Uganda tells the story of how he used his garden to help someone learn of Abba-Father’s […] Read More

How often do you see God’s hand intervening in your day? The Father reveals his love through signs and wonders. We see it in the uncanny coincidences that make a difficult situation easier. He reveals his love in the perfect timing of an unexpected phone call from just the right person while we’re wondering how to accomplish a goal. He sings to us through the songs playing on the radio that minister to us. We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. … This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will. (Hebrews 2:1-4 NIV) God the Father reassures us through many signs. He wants us […] Read More