Scripture:  Psalm 119Prayer has an OBJECTIVERelationship with the Lord determines its EFFECTIVENESSWhere the heart stands is the biggest PARTUnderstanding the Lord’s position is where prayer STARTSBREAKING NEWS!I am not the star of my PRAYERSThe Holy Spirit reigns as my heart is PREPAREDHis biblical script demands high REGARDUltimately, this will determine my attitude towards GODPrayer is the aven...  Read More

Scriptures:Psalm 27:13 - I would have fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.2 Corinthians 12:9a - But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.Have you ever felt like it is time to go  or that your time with that person or at that place of employment was done, over, if you will?    I am like you.  I am...  Read More

Scripture:  Job 42:7-9 – And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. 8 Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant...  Read More

Scriptures: (I Corinthians 15:57 NKJV) But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Deut. 20:4) For the Lord your God is the  one who goes with you against your enemies. Prov.21:31)….Victory rests with the Lord.     God is altogether amazing and powerful as He is able to handle any difficulty that befalls us. For He has overcome death and the grave and has wrought ...  Read More

Scripture: James 1:20 – For the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God.Anger is a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure or hostility.Life rarely plays fair. Adults and even some young people find out early that fairness is an illusion. Many times, we go through life trying our best to look like Christ and still life slaps us in the face. When life’s situations arise, even the be...  Read More

Scriptures: Ephesians 6:13 – Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Psalms 46:1:10 -  God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 Though its waters roar and be troubl...  Read More

Scripture:  Mark 13:13 (NKJV) - “…but the one who endures to the end, he shall be saved.” Most of us are familiar with the phrase “Been there, done that!”  No one that we know, however, can say it with greater authority than Christ our Lord, as He is familiar with all that confronts us in this sin-cursed world. He has faced it all, yet WITHOUT SIN. (Hebrews 4:15) Have you been lied on? Our Savior ...  Read More

Scripture:  Acts 11:23 - When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord.Have you ever been discouraged, but after reading the Word of God, your situation didn’t change, but your burdens were lifted?  Have you ever been discouraged, and someone encouraged you, and you felt so much better?  Sometimes, tho...  Read More

Scripture: I Corinthians 12:20 (HCSB) - Now there are many parts, yet one body.”There is beauty in the diversity of God’s people. He created each person with a specific purpose in (His) mind. We can’t fully operate as the body of Christ if everyone isn’t doing their part.Take for instance the human body – many parts, one body. If the feet don’t do their part, the ankles, legs, hips, waist, etc. et...  Read More

Scripture:  Job 1-31The one issue that we all have in this world is the challenge of making sense out of the ways we find ourselves in various forms of suffering.  The issue has been so pressing with many of us that it presses our faith to the boarders of whether God is really in control of our whole lives.  It is critical to the life of the true believer in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior that we...  Read More

Scriptures: (Hebrews 13:5c NKJ) “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Matthews 28:20b) “ …and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.“  I am reminded of an old hymn, sang during my childhood of having  never to be alone. He (Lord) promised never to leave me, never to leave me alone. Those words came right from the Bible. This is a promise. When situations and struggles sprang up...  Read More

Scripture: Mathew 8: 23 – 27 23 Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. 24 And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but He was asleep. 25 And His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” 26 But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds ...  Read More

Scripture: Mathew 8: 23 – 27 Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. 24 And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but He was asleep. 25 And His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” 26 But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and...  Read More

Scripture:  Hebrews 6:19a – This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast.Three acronyms that I like for HOPE are:  holding on to a powerful expectation, holding on pain ends, and holding onto prayer every day.  Everyone hopes for something, but real hope comes from God. He gives true hope based on what He has promised us. Hope inspires us, motivates us, encourages us, and gi...  Read More

Scripture:  Matthew 14:22-33 - Immediately Jesus [a]made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23 And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. 24 But the boat was now [b]in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. 25 ...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.When a parent takes you behind the shed, that parent expects you to learn a lesson. When a parent punishes you; that parent expects you to learn a lesson. Our Father, in heaven, expects the same thing. In March 2020, the Lord, our Daddy, put everyone on time out, He sat everyone down. The...  Read More

Scripture:  Mark 12:30 - And you shall love the LORD your God with all thy heart, and all thy soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.  This is the first commandment.Sacrifice is defined as surrendering a possession as an offering to God.  What does God desire from us; what does He want us to sacrifice?  We are brought to how He is molding and shaping us to look more like His Son ...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 42:1-2a - As the deer panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.  My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God.Psalms 63:1 - O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.Matthew 6:19-21 - Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and ru...  Read More