Scripture:  “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”  Matthew 7:12Anybody remember that old t.v. series titled, “Unsung:  the Story of {celebrity X}?”  It was about celebrities of yesteryear who never quite got the notoriety or recognition of some of their more popular contemporaries.  I’ve always believed that “empathy” is one of t...  Read More

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” 14 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 ...  Read More

Scripture:  I Thessalonians 4:3 - For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:  Proverbs 11:14 - Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.  Romans 12:2 - And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and p...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 119:18 – Open thou mine eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.    Isaiah 26:3-4 – Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee:  because he trusted in Thee.  Trust ye in the Lord forever; for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.  Hebrews 12:2 – Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.During this time of the...  Read More

Genesis 16:1-16: Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the Lord has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram heeded the voice of Sarai. 3 Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her ...  Read More

Scripture:  Isa. 42:9a:  “Behold, the former things have come to pass and new things I declare;”In the Process of Time – God Does a New Thing, the theme for the Women’s Ministry 2020, but little did I know how much this theme and verse would begin to be experienced. The coronavirus, the home going of my sister in Christ, Jan Terry after serving Christ together for 48 years, being a caregiver for m...  Read More

Scripture:  (Luke 24:44- NKJ) “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.”In nearly every place of business where I found myself during the past few weeks,  there was an amazing response regarding Easter, resurrection, and the living Savior. Department s...  Read More

Scripture: (Matthews 6:33)  “….seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”(Matthews 6:25-32) Jesus warns the disciples against worrying. For the byproduct of worrying is more worrying.  Worrying today robs us of  trusting the Lord. Every day we tend to experience roaring minds filled with anxiety of things… putting our care upon things of the w...  Read More

Scripture: I Thessalonians 5:16-18 - Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.  II Timothy 2:15 - Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.  Romans 12:2 - And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of ...  Read More

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:9-21 9 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are well known to God, and I also trust a...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “ Let your eyes look directly ahead, and let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you…   Do not turn to the right nor to the left; turn your foot from evil.”  Proverbs 4:25(a), 27“Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,” says Matthew 24:12.  (The next time some distracted, or simply rude driver cuts you off in traffic, by the way, it’s a good idea to t...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”     Ps. 11:3 (NASB)  What indeed are we to be about in the midst of these times? —times where the message on a t-shirt I recently spotted on the “web  ” rings loud and true:  “Normal Isn’t Returning:  Jesus IS!”  (Rev. 14:1)    First and foremost, we must not descend into a pit of despondency, depression, or despair, like m...  Read More

Scripture:  Ephesians 2:6-7 (Amplified)  And He raised us up together with Him [when we believed], and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, [because we are] in Christ Jesus, 7 [and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our redemption].Psalm 29 (New Kin...  Read More

Scriptures: (Psalm 23:4) Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For YOU are with me; YOUR rod and YOUR staff, THEY comfort me(Isaiah 43.2) When you pass through the waters, I WILL be with you; and through the rivers they shall not overflow you, when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flames scorch you.There comes a time in ...  Read More

"Let my cry come near before Thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to Thy word."  Psalm 119:169Forgetting not Thy 'letting' Lord, pray "Let my cry come near", that every word within it come of Thee and for Thine ear-That mine own supplication wait until Thou maketh 'go', that it fitteth in Thy purposing however Thou wouldst sow. In this I pray my heart give praise, it sprinkled with Thine ...  Read More

Scripture:  Philippians 2:14 – Do all things without grumbling or questioning.  I Thessalonians 5:18 – Give thanks in all things; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.  I Timothy 6:6-8 – But godliness with contentment is great gain.  For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.  But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.  We basicall...  Read More

Scripture: Philippians 4:19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.Lord, without You, my presence is insufficientYet, with You, Your grace is totally sufficientAnd, my troubles outweigh my good daysYet, I’m kept, based on what You sayLord, You are simply telling the truthWe have everything we need to get throughThe old me often rise unexpectedlyDeter...  Read More

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