Sometimes we don’t understand the outcomes in our lives. We can’t see the way the Lord is working, and after long days of prayer, the answer that comes is baffling. The answer wasn’t what we were wanting. I would venture a guess that we have all been there or are currently there now. So many questions, so many disappointments; however, God’s grace is still sufficient. He hasn’t turned His love away from us. He is walking with us through the fire, and He knows the hearta

So much happens when God’s people praise Him! Praise changes things! It changes our mood from gloomy to joyful. I remember when the infectious disease doctor told us that my husband’s foot was not better, but worse. This came after certain pastors had anointed him with oil and prayed for his healing. The Lord gave me Psalm 42:5, 11 and Psalm 43:5–Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the he

What happens to your prayer life when life gets hard? It is easy to pray when everything is going well. But what about when the answers do not come quickly? When one obstacle follows another? When you have prayed before, but now you find yourself wondering if you have the faith to keep going? How do you develop a prayer life that does not quit? You have to tenaciously persevere like the widow woman did in Luke 18. One of the great qualities of my husband was perseverance.

There’s a place I found a couple of years ago, near our house, where there is a cross and in front of it there are two log benches to sit on. It was on a day that I was completely overwhelmed. I had been driving aimlessly up one street and down another, and then… I came upon this cross. I was driving aimlessly, but our Father in Heaven, who is head over all His creation, was leading me. As I sat on the log bench in front of the cross, I cried on my Lord’s shoulder and tol

I was reading in an old journal of mine from 2012 this morning when I came across the following entry. I felt the Lord would have me share it with you, praying it will encourage you to begin each morning with a special time alone with God: “And be ready in the morning and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.”—Exodus 34:2. The morning is fresh and new. There are not yet any currents created by the ripples of h

Have you ever stopped and thought about the high price it cost God and Jesus Christ so that we could pray? The agony and the suffering that they went through in order that you and I could fellowship with the Father in prayer was greater than anything any of us will ever go through. Think about it for a moment. God, our Father, sent His only begotten Son into this wicked sin sick world with the express purpose to die for the sins of the world, and the Lord Jesus Christ willi

During times of suffering we are often like horses champing at the bit—eager to get out of the undesirable situation and back to more comfortable circumstances. It is one of the mysteries of God why He has chosen sufferings to bring us “forth as gold”. We learn in the Bible that Job was a man who feared God, was perfect and upright; and yet, he greatly suffered. He suffered the death of all of his children, the loss of all of his wealth, as well as the loss of his health:

It is a great comfort, especially during fiery trials, to know that our Lord’s arms are underneath us, and that they will always be underneath us, because they are everlasting arms! They are arms that will never weaken or grow tired and weary—they will always be strong enough to hold us. They are arms that will never let us go—They are continually and securely underneath us. They are arms that will comfort us and give us rest from fears and anxieties. These everlasting arm

We have an abundant God! He is abundant in mercy—His mercies are new every morning. He is abundant in grace—His grace continues to save souls, for by grace are ye saved. He is abundant in forgiveness—He is faithful and just to forgive, and stands ready to forgive the moment we confess our sins. He is abundant in provision—He will provide all our needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus. He has abundant compassion toward us—His compassions fail not. His love toward

Sometimes everything around us seems to be going wrong and falling apart…But….God is faithful! He is faithful to hold it all together when nothing else can. Then there are times when the heart is breaking and seems to be shattering into a million little pieces…But…God is faithful! He is faithful to bind up the broken hearted and soothe them with His great love. Once in a while our way appears to be impeded by thick clouds of indecision or lack of wisdom to know how to pro

If it was one thing my husband attempted to do, it was to lift up the name of Jesus Christ, and his preaching and teaching is such a testament to that fact. I think that was also one reason behind why he was so bold in his preaching, teaching and personal witnessing—he was unashamed of Jesus and didn’t care what anyone thought about him, only what they thought about Jesus Christ. Plus he wanted to please the Lord. He would often say, Why would you be ashamed of Jesus?—He’s

While I was listening to a podcast recently, a phrase grabbed my attention; it was, in every circumstance, for this I have Jesus. A story was being told that while a pastor in Ireland was speaking these words, a telegram was delivered to the young pianist of that church. The telegram read, Mother very ill take first train home. At the conclusion of the sermon, this young pianist shared her telegram with the people. She said to them that she had never travelled alone, but t

We all want a merry heart, but the truth is that the circumstances of life can beat us down, and our hearts become anything but merry. Have you ever thought to yourself, How can my heart not merry in undesirable circumstances? I have. The Bible tells us that a merry heart is good like a medicine. Medicines are healing agents; therefore, a merry heart is a healing agent according to the Word of God. Recently the sweet Lord led me to read Proverbs 17:22–A merry heart doeth

We’ve all had them, haven’t we, those moments of weakness? The moment when God asked us to send a note of encouragement to someone, but we never got it done. The moment God called us to prayer, but we were too busy to go pray; or, He woke us up to pray, and we didn’t get up. There are many moments of weakness in our lives, like saying, “No” to that extra helping, but instead saying, “Yes”. Or what about the time–and yes, even times–when the Holy Spirit within us nudged us to

Do you ever feel like the disciples in the boat? They were rowing and toiling but the winds and waves were beating against them and they were getting nowhere. They were in that boat in obedience to the Lord, and they were going where He had told them to go. They weren’t running from God like Jonah, they were smack dab in the middle of God’s will doing what He had told them to do, and the winds and waves were beating down upon them. Listen to a segment of Dr. Williams' ser

When my husband taught on the subject of prayer, he would teach us to pray to the Father as the Lord Jesus taught His disciples in Matthew 6:9-14. He focused quite a lot of time on that. My husband made much of Jesus Christ, but when he prayed he addressed the Father with his petitions, and his focus was on the Father. Recently I have just sat with my eyes closed and my mind going to those times when my husband prayed. It has been a source of comfort, and I praise God that

I have said it in an earlier post, and I felt compelled to say it again today, that my husband frequently emphasized that we need to be more thankful. He had read a quote one time that he had his secretary print out so he could set it on his desk top. It said, What if all you have today is what you thanked God for yesterday? This morning I read I Thessalonians 5:18–In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you, and I was convicted b

I taught swim lessons last year to some children, and I am teaching again this year. This morning God taught me a lesson from my students. I have been in a severe trial of my faith that has just about gotten the better of me, but for God’s grace and my husband’s recorded sermons and radio broadcasts. This morning I was posed with a question that I couldn’t answer at first because I didn’t know if the answer, No, was God’s will and wisdom or my flesh and fearfulness, so I w

Have you ever gone to the Lord with the question of, Why, Lord? Then after you asked the question, “why”, did you begin to “vent” to the Lord? I don’t know about you, but I know I have. I would like to share with you that experience. I went to my closet discouraged and down-cast about some situations in my life. I began to weep, and then I asked the “Why” question followed by a torrent of venting showered with my tears. The Lord in His gentleness spoke these words to me,

Dr. Williams had amazing physical strength, so much so that even as a boy, his dad nicknamed him Bull because he was so strong. I watched him when he was in his 60’s dig post holes on his place in Tennessee faster and better than the 20 and 30 something year old men who were helping him. God surely gave him tremendous physical strength that lasted his entire life. He was also strong in the Lord and always stood strong on Biblical principles. He made much of the Word of Go