SCRIPTURE:  “But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her,” Luke 10:41, 42 Margin is defined as “the space between our load and our limits that allows chosen things ‘in’; while boundaries (our limits) are established to keep things ‘out’.”  (Online definition by Google).  While many in western culture are no strangers to discussions about boun...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.” 2 Timothy 1:12 Father, we do rejoice in the fact that You have showered our lives with lovingkindness and tender mercies. Yet in our serious moments of meditation before You, we are mindful that...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord.”  Psalm 31:24 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid,nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”  Joshua 1:9 In the 6th grade, my teacher dared to ask me to enter a Math B. Yes, the Lord helped me tosuccessfully withstand hours of grueling m...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Proverbs 14:12 and Proverbs 16:25 The scarecrow in the Wiz felt lost in his initial predicament, stuck up on the pole. He thought, if only I could get down off this pole, I could be something. He just needed to get down and everything would be better (you’ve been there before, right?). Finally, someone helped h...  Read More

SCRIPTURES:  “And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15“not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;” Romans 12:11“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;” 1 Peter 3:15 A right now attitude is a calli...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to prayfor you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in allwisdom and spiritual understanding.” Colossians 1:9 May you be encouraged by the Scripture and challenge from these sayings:1. You can only overflow the heart of Christ when your heart is the heart of Christ.Proverbs 3:5-6"Trust in the...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: "The righteous perishes, and no man takes it to heart; Merciful men are taken away, While no one considers that the righteous is taken away from evil." Isaiah 57:1, 2a As I write this article, three gifted soldiers for Christ have exited this world; their faith havingbecome sight—young Charlie Kirk, just 31 years of age; stalwart defender and preacher of Christ’s gospel, Pastor John Mac...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105 Our gracious Father, we thank you so very much for the gift of Your Word to us. We agree as a people that it is the infallible Word, that the entrance of it in us gives us light.  We have known and seen that it does affect us in a positive and in a challenging way. So once again we open it, wanting to be spoken to, n...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Trust in Him at all times, you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.” Psalm 62:8 Recently, my husband and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. Clearly, I remember being escorted down the church aisle with my father all those years ago. Each year when our anniversary date comes, I so vividly recall memories of my father and mother’s date of passing and their b...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, 6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.” Psalm 91:5-6 Is there really a “Devil’s Day” and why have we esteemed this day as such? There could be an argument made to educate about the history of that day, but why study the counterfeit when the rea...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: "Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." John 16:32-33 When very young, kindergarten-young, the world ...  Read More

SCRIPTURES: “that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.” Ephesians 2:12-13“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you a...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; beforethey spring into being I announce them to you.” Isaiah 42:9 Transitions are productive in a myriad of ways because they: establish new relationships; offer freedom from past bondage; grant a new or renewed vision for ministry; energize a pursuit for new possibilities; and heighten a revitalized level of excitement...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” Matthew 10:34   After the September 10th slaying of Christian conservative and patriot Charlie Kirk of Salem News Channel, no one who professes to know Christ Jesus should be harboring any confusion about the insidious nature of this ideological and primarily spiritual war in our nation. It i...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. 2 Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever. 3 Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords! For His mercy endures forever:” Psalm 136:1-3 Father, we thank You today for the 39 and ½ years of official pastoring. You have been gracious enabling me and blessing me in various ways, in sustaining me...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.” Colossians 1:15 I believe we send the world into a conundrum when we speak of the whole life and purpose of Jesus, the Christ. In general conversations, everything is fine when we refer to baby Jesus and the Christmas; but when we speak of Jesus, the God-man, First Born, conversations/relationships get sticky, turb...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: "Then Samson called to the Lord and said, 'O Lord, God, please remember me, and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.'" Judges 16:28 He squandered the gifting upon him, embarrassed his people, Israel, and the office of judge in the eyes of the enemy. He undermined the hope and the legacy given him, made small the vi...  Read More