Scripture: Isaiah 38:5 - Go and tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years.Dear Lord, I thank you for giving me tearsThey help so much to allay my fearsTears can come in the middle of the nightAnd cause all my fears to be put to flightFor the tears, I do thank you!Lord, thank you ...  Read More

Scripture:  I Corinthians 13:12-13 - For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then, face to face. Now, I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.Deep within us is an itching, prompting such a scratch and twitching. There's a balm for  how we're prone. T'is love, I say, yes, love alone.Throughout His e...  Read More

Scripture:  “But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also, because on account of him many of the Jews believed in Jesus.”  (John 12:10)Sometimes we can have enemies not because of having done anything offensive against another, but simply because of our association with someone who may have been ostracized because of their stand for Christ.  Bad company corrupts good morals, says 1 C...  Read More

Scripture:  Hebrews 11:6 – “ But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.”Hebrews 11:1 –“ Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.”To worship God, we have to be totally dependent and have faith in our Lord/Savior Jesus the Christ.  “Now faith is t...  Read More

Scripture: Psalms 126:3 - The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.Some Christians tend to think about or talk about the negative or dark side of everything and dwell on what they have gone through more so than what God has done for them.  If you were to write about your Christian life, would you focus more on the conflicts, frustrations, disappointments, failures, sins, or how ...  Read More

Scripture:  Jeremiah 17:1-13 - The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; With the point of a diamond it is engraved On the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars, 2 While their children remember Their altars and their wooden images By the green trees on the high hills. 3 O My mountain in the field, I will give as plunder your wealth, all your treasures, And your high places o...  Read More

Scripture:  Ephesians 5:19 (NKJV) – “Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord.”Romans 10:17  - “So then, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”As we worship the Lord, we hear God’s word proclaimed.  When we hear the word of God, faith is elevated in our hearts.  “So then faith comes by hearing, and heari...  Read More

Scripture:  “Therefore,  do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things.  Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”    Matthew 6:34 (NKJV )I know of a man in the workplace who always replies, when asked how he’s doing, ‘Oh I’m just rollin’ along, singing a song.’  I believe it’s his attempt to convey a laid-back outlook on the day.  We are all familiar with another say...  Read More

Scripture: II Corinthians 5:17,21 - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new... For HE hath made HIM to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of GOD in HIM.Well, this is the year that we [we earthlings] managed to land a functioning multi-purposed vehicular detective on the surface of the...  Read More

Scripture:  Matthew 24:4-8 -  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and the...  Read More

Scripture: John 3:19–21 - And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God....  Read More

Scripture:  Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.    I Corinthians 5:7 - For we walk by faith, not by sight.I remember when I finally invited Jesus Christ into my life (in August of 1978)!  Burdens were lifted from me.  I had peace with God through Jesus Christ!  “Therefore, being justified...  Read More

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; Who can know it?The heart is desperately wicked, who can know it?Only the Lord can see it without me showing itThe heart is evil, sinful, hateful, and pervertedYet, only the Lord can judge it from each personSo, as evil arise through major heart problemsOny the Lord can cleanse, save, and resolve themMeanwh...  Read More

Scripture: John 15:2 NKJ - Every branch that bears fruit,  He prunes it so that it may bear much fruit.     I witnessed my father pruning shrubs and trees within our living area in the south.  Me, just a youngster could not perceive the purpose of pruning. It appeared that my father was destroying the tree. There had already been some experience at enjoying the fruit from a particular tree. Fast f...  Read More

Scripture:  “If you love Me, keep My commandments.  And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever…”  John 14:15 (NKJV)As God’s redeemed ones, we’ve been called to believe His declaration that we have been liberated from bondage, fear, chronic discontentment, and feelings of powerlessness over our emotions. (John 8:36; 2 Cor. 5:17)  We’ve been s...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, “What does my Lord say to His servant?”  (Joshua 5:14b)  NKJVJoshua, being met by the Commander of the Lord’s army in Joshua 5:13-15, was given a foundational marching order—to remove his sandal, for he was standing on holy ground!  He was directed to acknowledge where he was –a divine command requiring immediate...  Read More

Text: Acts 7:55-57, 59 - But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said,'Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.' Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord...and they stoned Stephen calling up...  Read More

Scriptures: Luke 2:19 NKJ -  But Mary Kept all of these things and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2:51c…But  His mother kept all these things in her heart.     One of the greatest gifts that God has given humanity is the amazing gift of memory. In a sense, memory allows us to relive moments that was special in times past. We love to cherish and hold onto memories. Reminiscing about our past take...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 30:11 – You have turned for me my mourning into dancing. You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness.John 20:1-16 - The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unt...  Read More

Scripture:  Philippians 4:19 - But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.           I think most of us who believe on the Lord Jesus as our savior also understand that we need to depend upon God to help us in the times of life that we find ourselves in circumstances of need.  The thought of God being unavailable or resistant to helping us is discouragin...  Read More

Matthew 6:33 - But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.My mom was an avid watcher of Animal Kingdom videos.  I remember a scene in one of the videos where lions gathered near a bunch of gazelles trying to spot the easiest kill for their meal.  As long as they stayed focused they would get their needs met, but if they became distracted with...  Read More

Scripture:  Hebrews 12:15-17 - Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of ...  Read More

Scripture: Psalms 20:7 - Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.Truly trusting God is harder than it seems. Believers are told to trust God with all our hearts and lean NOT on our own understanding. We should also acknowledge God in ALL of our ways and He will direct our path. Do you really trust God like that? Many times, believers trust chairs mor...  Read More

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:1-6  - Now I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you. 2 But I beg you that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 3 For though we walk in the flesh...  Read More