Scripture:  2 Corinthians 10:3‭-‬5‬ - For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬Wh...  Read More

Scripture:  I Corinthians 15:31 – I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.Galatians 2:20 – I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.God in His Word speaks to us, and He so desires that what He ha...  Read More

Text:  Mark 2:27 – 3:4 -  And He [Jesus] said unto them [the Pharisees], The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. And He entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched Him, whether He would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse Him. And He said unto the man...  Read More

Scripture: Psalms 24:14 (CBS) - Wait for the Lord; be strong; and let your heart be encouraged. Wait on the Lord.      In our society, man is subjected to having to wait. We wait for a delivery of varied kinds. There is a wait for lab results,  a wait for college acceptance, we wait for marriage, the birth of a child, and there was an exhausting, trying wait on election results and the list goes o...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 40:3 He has put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in God.All of my love, my peace, and happiness I’m going to give to (insert any Black Greek lettered organization), is a song sung by many Black Greek lettered sororities and fraternities. It originates from the 1970 soul/rock song, “Love, Peace, & Happiness” by the Cham...  Read More

Scripture:  Romans 8:28 (NASB) - And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.                             One of our favorite board games that my family enjoys playing is “Stuff Happens.”  Isn’t that what we often hear folks say about the barrage of tough things that happen on occasion?  What’s at the root...  Read More

Scripture:  Matthew 16:15-16 - He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”Names are important. They identify a person, distinguishing one from another. I’ve had encounters with people who came up to me, started a conversation with me thinking I’m someone else because I have a strong resemblance to someone they know...  Read More

Scriptures:  (Ephesians 6:8 - NKJ) …knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord whether he is a slave or free. (Rev. 22:7) Behold. I am coming quickly! “Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”  (Rev. 22:12, 13) And behold. I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to everyone according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omeg...  Read More

Scripture: (I Timothy 1:15 NKJ) This is a faithful saying and worthy of acceptance that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners…Christmas for me during my youth was such an exciting time of the winter season. The end of another year. It was then when I anticipated that the Christmas Holiday was near. A season of visiting relatives; Church and Sunday school drama around the Bible story of ...  Read More

Scripture:  II Corinthians 9:15 - Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.My siblings and I were so excited about the gifts we would receive for Christmas!  We could barely sleep the night before Christmas.  Our parents allowed us to open our gifts around 6:00 a.m. every Christmas!  After admiring the Christmas tree and other decorations in our house, and hearing the Christmas story from the B...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalm 86:5 – For You, Lord are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all who call upon You.Who is like You, Oh Lord?  Who can love like You?  Who can rule like You?  For You are Holy! You are Righteous!  There is no one like You in all the earth!  Your beauty and kindness shines upon the earth and they satisfy us.  We yearn for compassion and understanding that ...  Read More

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-13 - 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;...  Read More

Scripture:  Hebrews 12:1 - Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.I have more stories than I care to remember about souls avoiding sound Bible-preaching churches because someone hurt their feelings by uttering a thoughtless remark, or merely looking at them askance.  Hypersensitivity about relatively min...  Read More

Scripture:  Prov. 15:31, 32 (NKJV) -  The ear that hears the rebukes of life will abide among the wise.  He who disdains instruction despises his own soul, but he who heeds rebuke gets understanding. Have you ever considered, dear readers, that hypersensitivity is a SIN?  And just like all other sins, it is a problem of pandemic proportions—a root issue that fans out, if unchecked, into SO many ot...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 84:1-2 - How lovely is Your tabernacle, O Lord of hosts! 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.Psalms 27:4 - One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple.Psalms 42:1-2...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalm 25:4 – Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths.Psalm 86:11 – Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your Name.Let’s try to shed light on God and His ways; for Isaiah declares, His ways are above our ways.  Have you ever thought about it?  To most, the statement, “only the strong will survive”, make sense.  Hey, we all know that this li...  Read More

Scripture: Matthew 5:44 - But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,I have been searching for an alternative remedyHow do I dodge and escape loving my enemies?Surely, my purpose is to aim to please the LordYet, God commands me to love my enemies, but I avoidI’m willing to praise the Lor...  Read More

Scriptures: (Luke 22:19) And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them saying, “This is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”(John 11: 41b-42) And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You, that You have heard Me.” 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that yo...  Read More

Scripture:  John 10:27-28 - My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.Proverbs 3:5-6 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.So many people think that we work for o...  Read More

Scripture:  Lamentations 3:22 – It is the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.Often, we go through trials or hard times.  Is it our reasonable service?  Jeremiah, referred to those times as dark times, not strange, though.  We use phrases, such as, “that almost took me out”, or “that almost blew me away”.  So, what prevented that awful event from killing every...  Read More

Scripture: Galatians 2:16–21 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified. 17 “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ ther...  Read More

Scripture:  Ps. 100:4 - Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise.  Be thankful to Him,  and bless His name.  For the LORD is good.Have you ever had the pleasure of working with someone whose natural inclination seemed to be unending thankfulness?  I have.  There was a woman with whom I worked several years ago; she seemed to enter each day with a spirit of thanksgiving!  ...  Read More

Scripture:  “For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”Most adults have had some experience with and understand, what is described as a firm foundation. For my experience, with a firm foundation, refers to a physical structure that is built so secure that it stands through adverse conditions. Such sound structure can’t be easily shaken under pressure. O...  Read More

Scripture:  Ps. 139:3 (NASB) -You scrutinize my path and my lying  down and are intimately acquainted with all my ways. If you are like me, we have been to quite a few funerals in our lifetime.  We’ve sat there in the pew, pensive, somber in mood, maybe even a bit contemplative about the reality of our own inevitable “farewell-for-now” service.  Of course, it is only an “F.F.N.” service if we’ve t...  Read More