SCRIPTURE: “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me.” Luke 24:44 Believers identify with the risen Savior throughout the year. Every day, believers remember what Jesus has done and is doing for them. During my encounters with others, mentioning the ris...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it."  Hebrews 4:1 Many people are relying on all the wrong things to affirm the reality of their relationship to the God of the Bible. Despite the clear and simple truth of Ephesians 2:8,9—"that it is by grace we have been saved through faith, and THAT not of ourselves; it is...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “…just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” Matthew 11:28 The realities of ministry are not foreseen when our hearts are burning with passion by our calling from the Lord. Yet, it is through human weakness and emptiness that the power of God is seen in its greatest strength working through a servant of Christ. II Corinthians...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.” Psalm 34: 1-3 It is Sunday morning testimony time! The ladies are in their hats, the men in their suits, and the young people are giggling in the back of...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.” II Corinthians 5:9 Abraham was on the brink of idolatry in his love for Isaac, God’s son of promise and he did not even know it. God had to test Abraham (Genesis 22) to reveal the depth and  integrity of his commitment to God. However, Abraham had many years in which his faith would continue to be te...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your [f]understanding being enlightened; that you may know...  Read More

SCRIPTURES:"Jesus answered and said to them, 'Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.' 20 Then the Jews said, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?' 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body." John 2:19-21 "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “…do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 About three years before I retired in 2021, I began listing all the things I planned to do when that long-awaited day finally ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” II Timothy 4:7 God’s process of “through” is important to understand if we are going to mature in the disciplines of the self-life. There are four meanings for “through” that can be made applicable to the Christian walk.(1) “Through” means that one must go “by way of.” Galatians 2:20 says “I have been cruc...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “I would have fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13 I would have fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. It was in 1997 when this verse got my attention. I heard it used during the New Year’s testimony service at Genesis Bible Fellowship Church. I was WOWED by the verse. It s...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Not everyone that saith unto me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22  Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?’ 23  And then will I profess unto them, ‘I never knew you: depart from me,...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, so that I should heal them.” Matthew 13:15 I once heard on a Christian radio program that some souls have heard the Gospel message clearly presented to them ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Our eternal Father and our gracious God, we thank You again for the privilege You have given unto us to be able as a people to open Your Word.  Yo...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’” 2 Corinthians 12:9a There seems to be no trouble like the trouble of having turbulence on an airplane while traveling.  You are helpless, and you have no control or any idea of how long it will last. Similarly, in life, you have many experiences of turbulence. The comforts of living a fa...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 God has ways of comforting us in every situation we find ourselves in. I mean, think about it – He al...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  "8 I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. 10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. " Revelation 3:8,10 An early church affirmation st...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”  Romans 8:29-31 I realiz...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves…” II Cor. 10:12a David, a man after God’s own heart, experienced an unfair comparison. As David and King Saul were returning home from slaughtering the Philistines, the women came out to sing and dance with joy playing musical instruments. They sang in I Samuel 18:7-8a “Saul has slain his thousands, ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “For I fear, lest when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;…” 2 Corinthians 12:20 I once read a quote which said: "There is one illusion that has much to do with most of ourhappiness, and still more w...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, 4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? 5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under h...  Read More

SCRIPTURES: "The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you, and will say, ‘Destroy!’" Deuteronomy 33:27  "God is our refuge and strength, very present help in trouble" Psalms 46:1 NKJ The word refuge takes on a meaning of a mansion or an abiding place, which gives the thought that God is our abode, our spiritual home. There is...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, ‘The Lord has done great things for them.’ 3 The Lord has done great things for us, And we are glad.” Psalm 126:2-3 Lord!You have orchestrated a time for joy and laughter,Great things have been restored from here on after.No more complaining, hopelessness, depression, or doubt,For th...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf be reconciled to God.”  2 Corinthians 5:14-...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you, and therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you.” Isaiah 30:18 A classic children’s book by Dr. Seuss, Go Dog, Go!, contains a line that is often unintentionally repeated in many lives: “Go around AGAIN! (The talking cartoon canines demand the ride-operator to spend them around the ferris wheel once again). I...  Read More