SCRIPTURE:  “He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.”  Prov. 13:20  (NASB)     No matter what your age, you cannot afford to become cavalier about who you include in your inner circle of friends.  Even Christ our Lord had an inner circle during the days of His flesh.  Those disciples who accompanied Him on the Mount of Transfiguration were certainly so...  Read More

Scripture:  Romans 8:38-39 – For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.If God is Love (I John 4:8c), then we could also capture the theme, “The Act of God”.  Love is such a...  Read More

Scripture: John 17:17, 18 & 20-22 -  "Sanctify them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth. As Thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world...Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as Thou Father art in me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe tha...  Read More

Scripture:  Acts 16:14-15 - "And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyratira, WHICH WORSHIPPED GOD, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And when she was baptized and her household, she besought us saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrai...  Read More

Scripture: (Genesis 1:1 NKJ) “ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”  (John 1:3  NKJ) “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.How often do you attempt something (i.e., a recipe, a craft project, or a painting) when you make an error and have to trash it and start over? Many of us are so skillful that errors are covered so well that no on...  Read More

Scripture:  II Timothy 2:21 – If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.To be used by God, a personal relationship through Jesus Christ (Romans 10:9) must take place.  Once we are saved, it is so important to keep a short account of our sins (for fellowship purposes). I John 1:9 says “I...  Read More

Scripture:  Genesis 5:22-24 - And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him."  "I know thy works: behold I set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word,...  Read More

Scripture:  Romans 8:38-39 – For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.If God is Love (I John 4:8c), then we could also capture the theme, “The Act of God”.  Love is such a...  Read More

Scriptures: (Romans 8:27-32) (v27) Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is because, He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. (v28) And we know that, all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. (v29) For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His So...  Read More

Scripture: I Peter 1:13-21 13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am ...  Read More

Scripture:  Isaiah 41:10 - Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.How shall we do this thing called life?  Scripture says (Ps 34:1) to Bless the Lord at all times and allow His Praise to last always; “Oh, but Lord, things are not going my way”;” I feel stressed”; “I feel hurt”; “I feel ...  Read More

Scriptures: (Prov. 3:5, 6, NKJ) Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding: (v. 6) In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths. (Ps. 36:11) In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do with me.Quote: The times when you and I can’t trace His hand of purpose, we must trust His heart of love.We are subject to stay with a tour g...  Read More

Scripture:  James 1:6 “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.”Someone has said “Doubt your doubts before you doubt your beliefs!” There was a time of oppression in the land of Israel during the time of the Judges and the Angel of the LORD sought a man, Gideon, to bring deliverance from the Midianites. Even though he wa...  Read More

Scripture:  Matthew 8:26 – Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?  Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.  The hymn “Jesus Savior, Pilot Me was written especially for sailors -- using words that they were familiar with --  chart, compass, and the need for a competent pilot to guide them over the tempestuous seas.  Edward Hopper was born in New York on Febr...  Read More

Scriptures: (2 Corinthians 4:18 NKJ) While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For, the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. (Ephesians 1:18)…the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the Saint...  Read More

Scripture: John 4:23 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.  Hebrews 10:19-23 -   Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And hav...  Read More

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17 - Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man ...  Read More

Scripture: Psalms 39:4 (NASB) - LORD, make me to know my end, and what is the extent of my days.  Let me know how transient I am.Recently I read that “There are four things you cannot recover:  the stone after the throw, the word after it is said, the occasion after it is missed, and the time after it is gone.” That said, are you a person that consistently considers and values your time?  Can you ...  Read More

Scriptures: (2 Corinthians 4:18 NKJ) While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For, the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. (Ephesians 1:18)…the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the Saint...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 16:11 -  Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.    .Isaiah 43:2 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.     Philippian...  Read More

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