SCRIPTURE: “How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace and brings good news of happiness, who announces salvation, and says to Zion, “Your God reign?” Isaiah 52:7 (NASB) These are the reflections from an Autumn 2022 endeavor to witness within Baltimore and itsneighboring counties the goodness of God in Christ, the need of man and the value of God's Wo...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” Ecclesiastes 8:11 (NKJV) When we delay doing the right thing, isn’t that a form of disbelief? Does not our procrastinationsuggest that the procrastinator ofttimes foresees no immediate or painful consequences? During their formative years I used ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.” 1 Peter 2:6 (NKJV) Whether you live in a palace, a hovel, or a modest home with several years of interior neglect, the scriptural question is nonetheless relevant: “What will it profit a man, if he gains the WHOLE world, and loses his own soul?” (Mark 8:36) What oth...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Have you not even read this Scripture: The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the LORD’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?’” Mark 12:10, 11 (NKJV) There’s a program I sometimes catch, by happenstance, which centers around home interiordecorating that’s designed to enhance the re-selling of the featured home. Prior to their working their i...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:   “Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty; for all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours…” 1 Chronicles 29:11 {NKJV} How do you define “greatness?” One online definition states that it’s “the quality of being great,distinguished, or eminent.” [Oxford Dictionary] I recently scanned an online article in which the name of our inimitable Lord...  Read More

Scripture: Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. Grace saved the worst of us,So, my heart is filled with gratefulness;Yet, grace gives me no excuse to sin,It inspires me to serve and draw closer to Him;Grace isn’t controlled, limited, or restricted,It’s an ongoing favor delegated for the elected;Grace is a godly gesture beyond works or dee...  Read More

Scripture: Matthew 21:21–22 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. 22 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” The Lord hears the prayers of His people,Our request may...  Read More

Scripture: Colossians 3:12-14 "Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection." How is love proven?It’s no...  Read More

Scripture: Ephesians 4:2-3 "with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."Ephesians 5:22-33 "Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore, just as the church...  Read More

Scripture: "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles ofthe devil." Ephesians 6:11      You don’t have to be an atmospheric scientist to know that something is off with theclimate. The earth is seeing unusual weather, ice storms in Texas, tornados in Baltimore City,and unseasonably warm weather in months that should be cold. This can be attributed to climate ch...  Read More

Scripture: Genesis 4:6-7  "So, the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it."      Cain and Abel were born outside of the Garden of Eden and were the first children of Adam and Eve. Cain, the older brother, was a tiller...  Read More

Scripture: Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."      In this world where pronouns seem to matter immensely, believers should use pronouns proudly as well. Although society has turned third person pronouns into a social agenda about sexual designation, believers...  Read More

Scripture: “ …. Brothers and sisters, I was not able to speak to you as spiritual people but as people of the flesh, as babies, in Christ. I gave you milk to drink, not solid food since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready, because you are still worldly,.… are you not worldly and behaving as mere humans?” (I Corinthians 3:1-3 CSB)      In my walk with the Lord, time afte...  Read More

Scripture: (Joshua 1:9 CSB) “Haven’t I commanded you: be strong and courageous? …. for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”      I am reminded of Joshua, the leader of the Israelites, following the death of theamazing servant leader, Moses. The Israelites must have had some hesitation,compromised with paralyzing fear and uncertainty about their future.The Lord calms their fears by remin...  Read More

Scripture: (I Peter 3:12 NKJ) "For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, andHis ears are open to their prayers: But the face of the Lord is against those who doevil.” (Read I Peter 3:8-18).      Apostle Peter has a message for Christians that came out of his own sufferingand brokenness. He writes from experience of witnessing Christ’s suffering (5:1).Peter authored this book based on experien...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our lord Jesus Christ. Therefore...be steadfast, immoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord...” 1 Corinthians 15:57 Sometimes when I get sloppy regarding the day at hand, I resign myself to doing before me, as a substitute for genuine desire.’ But nothing brings the revival like the stir of a good question, such as Isn’t ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  "Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give You the desires of your heart."  Psalm 37:4"Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving."    Colossians 2:6,7         I ache knowing my own seasons of distraction, and seasons of apathy. I ache not because of l...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  "Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give You the desires of your heart."  Psalm 37:4"Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving."    Colossians 2:6,7           We are comfortable with '1 plus 1 equals 2,’ and for most purposes there is comfort with '...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  "And they came to a place named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples Sit here until I have prayed. And He [Jesus] took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled."  Mark 14: 32,33      The name “Gethsemane” means 'oil press.’ And it is thoroughly reasonable for the place of Jesus' greatest distress, His squeezing, with the crucifixion that follo...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  "Then the king caused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego to prosper in the province of Babylon."  Daniel 3:30      "Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath ... giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. And he commanded certain valiant warriors who were in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in order to cast them into the furnace of ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  "Then the king caused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego to prosper in the province of Babylon." Daniel 3:30     We know of Daniel's faithfulness, as well as that of the company he kept. The 'whom' of Daniel 3:19, referred to as the 'sons of Judah' are: Shadrach [Hananiah], Meshach [Mishael], and Abed-nego [Azariah]. Daniel's assigned name, by his captors, was that of Belteshazzar. The r...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  "Therefore take up the full armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore having girded your loins with TRUTH... and having shod your feet with the preparation of the GOSPEL of peace... and take...the sword of the Spirit, which is the WORD OF GOD."  Ephesians 6:13-15,17 Pontius Pilate, having a unique audie...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  "Therefore take up the full armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore having girded your loins with TRUTH... and having shod your feet with the preparation of the GOSPEL of peace... and take...the sword of the Spirit, which is the WORD OF GOD."  Ephesians 6:13-15,17          These essential elements are...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  "And Lamech lived one-hundred and eighty-two years, and became the father of a son. Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one shall give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the Lord has cursed.”  Genesis 5:28-29 God's patience allows us all our stories, perhaps not so loaded as these, though all upon His mercy rely. Who knows what piv...  Read More