Scriptures: (I Tim. 6:14c, 15, 16)…until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, which he will manifest in His own time, He who is the blameless and only Potentate (Sovereign), the King of Kings and Lord of lords, who has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen be honor and everlasting power. Amen.A few days ago, my husband and I traveled by car to southern Virginia. Al...  Read More

Scripture:  1 Timothy 4:6-11 New International Version (NIV) -  If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed. 7 Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. 8 For physical training is of some value, but go...  Read More

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-5 (NKJV) -  If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things, which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. 5. Therefore put to death your...  Read More

Scripture:  Isaiah 30:18-19 – And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, ...  Read More

Scripture:  Romans 3:17-18 - And the way of peace they have not known.  There is no fear of God before their eyes.It has been said that there are three types of people in this world:  those who are afraid, those who don’t know enough to be afraid, and those who by God’s grace know their Bible, (and I would add) its Author!  Living by fear, as we commonly define the word, should not be the habitual...  Read More

Scripture:  Hebrews 12:25-29 - See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, 26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” 27 Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal o...  Read More

Scripture: "THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH" Psalm 119:105"I don't want no bible, mister."That's how our little moment began, during a Gideon distribution of bibles. There he was, all sixty or so pounds of him, standing before me, as I managed the sharing of bibles with other folks nearing me. He might have been about 7 years old by appearances, and as best as I can recal...  Read More

Scriptures: Psalms 115:3 -  Our God is in heaven and does whatever He pleases! Isaiah 46:10 - I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying, My plan will take place, and I will do all My will! From generation to generation, man has never ceased to put God in a box. Our thoughts and ways are not like Gods’ no matter how man feels about the path he is on. Man m...  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: Romans 12:2 (NKJV) And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.We live in a society where many things have been deemed okay. However, many of those same things are not okay by God’s standards. As followers of Christ, we are charged with living in the “world” but not ac...  Read More

Scripture:  Philippians 2:1-8 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look not eve...  Read More

Scripture: Mark 4:38, 39 (TLB) - But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow.  And they awoke Him and said to Him, Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?  Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!”  And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.There is much, dear saints, to tempt us to fear these days.  Over the past three decades alone, we’ve no doubt h...  Read More

Scripture:  John 8:42-47 -  Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. 43 Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not s...  Read More

Scriptures: (Isaiah 62:12) And they shall call them The Holy People, The Redeemed of the LORD; And you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.He Sought Me – He Sought Me Not – He Sought Me – He Sought Me NotQuestion …. Who sought who ………..Did  you seek Him or did He seek you?The scriptures clearly teach that we love Him because He first loved us. (1st John 4:19) What a profound true state...  Read More

Scripture:   Numbers 21:8 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.Okay. It is interesting to note of this pericope, such a presentation preceding, perhaps even laying the groundwork for one of the most familiar texts in the Bible, John 3:16, "For God so loved the...  Read More

Scriptures: (Psalms 44:18,22 NKJ) Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way; (v. 22) Yet for Your sake  we are killed all day long; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.There are times when we experience trouble or is caught up in a web of despair. Then we are brought to a deep and sincere need to call on the Lord to send light (His light) and truth. His divine ...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalm 51:17b “A broken and a contrite heart these, O God, You will not despise.”The Japanese have an ingenious way of changing the color and appearance of birds and animals. For example, white sparrows are produced by selecting a pair of grayish birds and keeping them in a white cage, in a white room where they are attended by a person dressed in white. The mental effect on a series of...  Read More

Scripture: Psalms 101:1 (NKJV) I will sing of mercy and justice; to you, O Lord, I will sing praise.Hymns are spiritual songs. A hymn is a lyric poem, reverently and devotionally conceived, which is designed to be sung and expresses the worshipper’s attitude toward God or God’s purposes in human life. Hymns are usually simple, genuinely emotional, poetic and literary in style, spiritual in quality...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 90:12 – Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.I Corinthians 7:29a – But this I say brethren, the time is short. Ephesians 5:16 -  Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.In the midst of this pandemic, many people are feeling anxious, overwhelmed and fearful of the unknown of what is to come.  After all, we have never experienced this COVID-19 pand...  Read More

Scripture:  Deuteronomy 30:20 – TLB - Choose to love the Lord your God and to obey him and to cling to him, for he is your life and the length of your days.The power to choose seems to be one of the most underutilized powers in many a saint’s spiritual arsenal!  Many of us go about our daily lives on a kind of “automatic pilot,” allowing our emotions, moods, other people, (especially some prickly ...  Read More

Scripture:  2 Timothy 1:7 - For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love and of a sound mind.Afflictions and cancers exist frequently around the worldThe victims include men, woman, babies, boys, and girls Fear has taken over the hearts of millionsOur faith is overshadowed by emotions and feelings Not that I shouldn’t be concernedBut, He who is in you is greater, than he wh...  Read More

Scriptures: (Matthew 6: 9 (b) Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be YOUR name,(Ezekiel 36:23) And I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations will know that I AM the LORD, “says the LORD GOD, when I AM hallowed in you before their eyes”.In today’s world the name of a Person will always be noted in history, based on h...  Read More

Scripture:  Ephesians 6:1  NKJV - Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.  John 14:24-25 - Jesus replied, Anyone who loves me will obey my teachings.  My Father will love them, and We will come to them and make Our home with them.  24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teachings.  These words you hear are not My own; they belong to the Father who sent Me.  NIVWhat does...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye who hope in the Lord.You could  say that what we have now is an unexpected [undesirable] stimulus package in Covid-19, the Corona virus pandemic.  A stimulus is an occurrence which by its irritating, threatening, attractive, or pleasurable features prompts a person, or persons, toward a change of thought, orie...  Read More