Scripture: Colossians 2:8 (NLT) -  Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.   “Anything great in this world is birthed out of pain.”  So goes one of many life lessons compellingly demonstrated in one of my favorite movies, “The Case for Christ.”  In that true s...  Read More

Scripture:  Isaiah 40:28-31- Have you not known?  Have you not heard?  The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.  His understanding is unsearchable.  He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might, He increases strength.  Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the Lord...  Read More

Text: II Corinthians 8:9 - For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.II Corinthians 9:15 - Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.Sometimes, if not often, we ought to just be still before the unfolding of grace, having that audience with God. The reach of grace, for it's innumerable de...  Read More

Scripture: Luke 2: 11-14 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manager. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Without Christ there is no...  Read More

Scripture: Genesis 37:19-20 - Then they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming! 20 Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”I am highly favored as a master of dreamsAn exclusive gift for His chosen redeemedNot all possess this special and unique favorOften, there’s ...  Read More

Scripture: (Romans 15:4-6) For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.Do you ever need a...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalm 96:2 NKJV  - Sing to the Lord, bless His name; proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day.        While listening to “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,” a 2008 song recorded by contemporary Christian group Casting Crowns, I was reminded of the unique wonder, beauty, and majesty that such music invokes.  Songs about the Savior’s first arrival are uniquely uplifting a...  Read More

Scripture:  Ephesians 6:10-18 - Scripture:  Ephesians 6:10-18 - Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts...  Read More

Scripture:  Ephesians 6:10-18 - Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly p...  Read More

Scripture:  Ephesians 6:10-18 - Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly p...  Read More

Scripture: Galatians 3:28 -  “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female , for you are all one in Christ Jesus.’Proverbs 21:2 -  “Every way of man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs his heart.”     There is deep concern for those who embrace ideas that demand a response to the treatment of humans particularly concerning deaths and despai...  Read More

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