Scripture:  John 14:29 (NKJV) - Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you will believe.   Many years ago I heard a preacher say that he daily read God’s Word and afterwards the daily newspaper.  He said that he needed, as do all Christians, to be reminded from the Holy Scripture of what God says is happening and SHALL happen in this cosmos; he then read the newspaper to s...  Read More

Scripture:  Matthew 28:18-20 - And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.Philippi...  Read More

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:19-  That is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.The rules for God’s forgivenessIt’s only obtainable through sorrow, confession, and repentanceRepenting by owning up to what I’ve doneConfessing by asking for forgiveness through the SonIt completely blots out th...  Read More

Scripture:  Mark 4:33, 34 (NKJV) - And with many such parables He spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it.  But without a parable He did not speak to them.  And when they were alone, He explained all things to His disciples.Jesus the Christ, during His first earthly visitation, was obviously THE Master Storyteller!  Consider His parable about a fig tree which was devoid of fruit as He ...  Read More

Scripture:  John 10:9, 11 (NASB) - I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out  and find pasture…I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the  sheep.       I love movies.  Sometimes the novel version is so engaging that someone produces a movie of that story.  Where applicable, it’s always exciting to compare the two depictions.  I o...  Read More

Scripture: John 4: 26, 28-30, 39, 41 -  "Jesus saith unto her, 'I that speak unto thee, am He.'...The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men 'Come, see a man, which told me all things which ever I did: Is not this the Christ? Then they went out from the city and came unto Him... And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on Him for the saying of th...  Read More

Scripture:  John 4:37 - And herein is that saying true, One soweth and another reapeth.One might call it serendipity, to engage the day as if ordinary and find it to unfold gloriously... but then to have the usual days characteristics, and to face them with the usual expectations of "same ol' gravy, warmed-over", as the saying goes, would be poor regard of our daily blessing. If one is not careful...  Read More

Scripture: John 19:28-30 - After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” 29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. 30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spiri...  Read More

Scriptures: (Corinthians 5:21 NKJ) For “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”  (Isaiah 53:6). “All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned every one, to his own way, And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” (Rom. 5:8) But God demonstrates His own love towards us, while we were still sinners,  in that  Christ died fo...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalm 33:11 – “The counsel of the Lord stands forever,  The plans of His heart from generation to generation.”Malachi 3:6 - “For I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.”Numbers 23:19 - “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?I ...  Read More

Scripture:  Isaiah 5:20 (NKJV) - Woe To those who call evil good and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness..Young people born about thirty years ago entered a world that was well on its way to being saturated with technological gadgetry.  Consequently, their adaptation to such devices usually comes more easily to them than to us who were born during an earlier era.  Similar...  Read More

Scripture:  Acts 16:25-31 - And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew o...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalm 33:1, 3, 12 - "Rejoice in the Lord, O' ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright...  Sing unto the Lord, a new song: with a loud noise, play skillfully...Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, and the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance."Psalm 96:1, 2 - "Sing unto the Lord a new song: Sing unto the Lord all the earth. Sing unto the Lord, bless His na...  Read More

Scripture: John 12:12-15  - The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out “Hosanna!‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ The King of Israel!” 14 Then Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written: 15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion;...  Read More

Scripture:  II Corinthians 5:9 - Therefore, we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well-pleasing to Him.Have you ever been within earshot of someone describing another person’s less than stellar conduct (or speech) as being “out of character?”  Such statements can prompt the question, ‘I wonder if person x’s behavior really was out of character, or if who they truly are at heart simp...  Read More

Scriptures:   Deuteronomy 33:27 (NKJ) - 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!’Psalms 46:1 (NKJ) - God is our refuge and strength, very present help in troubleThe 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. T...  Read More

Scripture:  James 1:19, 20 - So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.God gave us two ears to hear, two eyes to see, two nostrils to breathe, but only one mouthto speak.  Yet, in opposite proportion, God says far more about the potential good and damagespeech from a mouth can do to ...  Read More

Scripture:  Galatians 4:19 - My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you.The Holy Spirit has come to indwell all who have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ as personal savior.  His will and work in us is not just to reveal knowledge about Christ to us, but to reveal Christ through us in CONDUCT, CHARACTER, and COMMUNICATION.  Our devotional passage reminds us ...  Read More