God’s Search Party
March 11, 2019 by Peter Lundell
Filed under Daily Devotions, Family
By Peter Lundell –
At the park across the street from my house, a two-year-old boy disappeared from a softball game. I joined the search party with fifty other people, half a dozen squad cars, and a helicopter. We looked everywhere a two-year-old might wander in the darkness. Read more
The Supernatural within the Natural
March 9, 2019 by Peter Lundell
Filed under Daily Devotions, Life Topics
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Within the natural world do you see hints of the supernatural? Could the fingerprint of God—the evidence of His supernatural presence—be on us all? And on all the world? Read more
What’s at the Core?
February 28, 2019 by Peter Lundell
Filed under Daily Devotions, Personal Growth
I hunger for a personal renaissance, a renewal of the Spirit in my life—and of my spirit. God has been showing me that.
Through lots of hard knocks I’ve lost vitality in what I do, with poor results and diminished passion. Some kindly disagree, but I hunger for more. And, as you may imagine, this has caused some discouragement and frustration. Perhaps you have felt the same way at times. Read more
Definition of Success
February 26, 2019 by Peter Lundell
Filed under Daily Devotions, Life Topics
Recently a friend asked me, “Peter, what’s your definition of success? How many books do you have to sell? How much do you have to achieve?” I didn’t have an answer.
A week later, an acquisitions editor who had loved my book proposal and wanted to publish it wrote back and said the publications board thought my previous book sales weren’t high enough to go forward with another one. It was like a sucker punch to my gut. I learned that the whole publishing industry is pulling back. The recession and digitalization are leaving many publishers scared and only working with those who can guarantee big sales. I’m left on the outside. Read more
The Definition of Success
February 18, 2019 by Peter Lundell
Filed under Daily Devotions, Family
One day when I was overworked and stressed, I snapped at my daughter. Later I imagined her growing up and not taking God seriously because she had not seen the life-transforming power of God in her dad’s life—because he was stressed from trying to be successful. If that happened, the life-transforming message would be worthless.