Below are "blog" or "diary" entries of dated writings from the desk of Robert Williams. What you will find with your reading are honest assessments, heart-filled prayers, genuine burdens, and inspiration messages from the dealings and readings. Whether from prayer, reading the Bible or a book, listening to a song or sermon, or simple time with God, you will read raw words from the heart of someone who wishes to grow closer to God. Please click on the dates indicated in white to read the full post. If you wish to use any or all of any posts for sermon illustrations, sermon topics or ideas, book illustrations, or whatever, feel free to use anything. We just ask that you please credit the source (read our copyright guidelines).
I still remember the evening as if it were last week. My uncle Randy and ...
Having left the familiar people and customs of rural Missouri life a few months prior, ...
Mindsets can be like landmines with trip wires and decoys to cause us to stumble ...
What is a Christian? In the simplest form, the name ascribed to a person Christian ...
“We have met the enemy and they are ours,” Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. “…For out ...
What was one of the best bits of advice ever given to me was when ...
On a small rise overlooking the lowlands and creeks that eventually feed into the Platte ...
(Partially inspired by a recent sermon preached by Pastor Joe Campbell but this writing is ...
My young childhood is filled with many, many memories. Despite being a target for being ...
In 1970 a love song debuted sung by Dawn and Tony with Tony dreaming of ...
On a farm that I know and love, there are sounds easy to hear. During ...
Why God? Why are there followers of Yours who—when faced with death, disease, and complete ...
Many years ago while driving a tractor on my parents’ farm in the Rio Grande ...
What does worship mean to you? When a Christian hears the word worship or asked ...
Why do I pray over my food with a long prayer? I have been asked ...
In October 2004, almost one year after being married, I finally began to truly use ...
A husband of 67 years sits alone in his nursing-home room. He hears something on ...
(Be sure to read the Bible verses mentioned each time they are mentioned or referenced ...
A recent favorite song Beyond Belief I freshly rediscovered sung by Petra and have really ...
To us, what we desire to last and shine throughout the passage of time isn’t ...
A treasured time I enjoy and which immediately gives me a surge of energy and ...
Early this morning (Sunday, September 1) the Lord laid upon my heart these words, “You ...
Why? A simple three-letter word sends a rush of feelings to people who have asked ...
Within the heart of many American—although may have been repressed by the passage of time ...
When I was a child, Christmas time in Missouri at my grandparents’ home was incomparable. ...
Is there a faith beyond belief? (Inspired by a Petra song.)
Is it events which ...
Lord Jesus, not only myself but also in unison with his family, his church, and ...
October 1-2, 2020 was two very long, surreal, momentous, and perhaps two out of the ...
Do you hear that? Just truly stop to listen.
All around are artificial sounds. They ...
You have only one week to live. Not due to sickness or some infirmity that ...
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