Scriptures:  (II Corinthians 12:10b) For when I am weak, then I am strong.(Isaiah 40:29) He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might, He increases strength.Throughout my adult life, I have constantly witnessed others expressing an inability for doing well. Therefore, they tend to sit out on many opportunities in serving others. Those individuals complain of not being physically able...  Read More

Scripture:  I Peter 2:21-25 - For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us,[a] leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: 22 “Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth”; 23 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 who Himself bore our sins in His...  Read More

Scripture:  Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at th...  Read More

Scripture:  Malachi 3:2-3a - But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.  He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;    In their apathy, God’s people had lost sight of the value of their relationship with the Lord. Malachi reminded them that the Lord was not far off, and He was aware of their sins and wa...  Read More

Scripture:  Isaiah 40: 5-8 - And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.  The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry?  All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the Spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is gr...  Read More

Scripture: (Proverbs 13:12 (NKJ) -  Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when desire comes, it is a tree of life. This scripture shed so much truth in the lives of many.The object that is hoped for and the expectation of having it is projected in the mind of the person waiting. When that which is expected, is still yet far off- in his mind is not a good feeling. It does happen and in the course...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 126:5-6 (CSB) – Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.  Though one goes along weeping, carrying the bag of seed, he will surely come back with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.The psalmist recalls the joy that God’s people experienced when He restored their fortunes upon their return after exile.   (Psalms 126:1-3 - When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zi...  Read More

Scripture:  I John 1:9-10 – If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.Once we have sinned against God, it often leaves as impression in our minds that is hardto erase in our own strength and reasoning.  Suppression of the knowledge that we hav...  Read More

Colossians 1:16  - For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers.  All things were created through Him and for Him.                  Color fills our world with beauty.  We delight in the colors of a magnificent sunset and in the bright red and golden – yellow of autumn.  We are charmed by...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalm 139Lord, You know me from the inside outYou know what I’m considering, and what I’m thinking aboutYou know when I’m thankful or ungratefulYou know when I’m committed or unfaithfulYou see when I display righteous or rude behaviorsYou even see whether I’m loving my enemies and neighbors You know all I say, all I crave, and all I my ways,You know all my fears, all my tears, and all ...  Read More

Scripture: I Corinthians 14:40 (NKJ) - Let all things be done decently and in order.Generations through generations, man has been subjected to the order of things in the earth with life and living. With order, there is peace.  In the beginning God the Creator, created heaven and earth. He brought order to chaos and darkness  (Gen. 1:1-2:1;(Luke 10:18). His creative work is a testimony of His magni...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalm 27:14 (NKJV) - Wait on the LORD; be of good courage and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say on the LORD! Abraham and Sarah,  King Saul, Jesus’ disciples in Luke 9:51-56-- all have something in common with you and I— we have all occasionally operated out of fear and anxiety, and run ahead of the One who bids us to trust in Him with all of our heart, and “to roll and repose...  Read More

Scripture:Genesis 29:16-18 - And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah was tender eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. And Jacob loved Rachel, and said 'I will serve thee [Laban]seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter."It has been stated, even sung about, how 'beauty is only skin deep' [yeah, yeah, yeah!]. And we've h...  Read More

Scripture:  John 4:34-38 -  Jesus said to them, My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! 36 And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he ...  Read More

Scripture:  Judges 6:11-16 -  Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!” 13 Gideon said to Him, “O my Lord, if t...  Read More

Scripture:  Romans 1:17 - (NLT) 17 This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has lifeHow does it look for my future to look safe?Jeremiah 29:11 says, His will, His way, my faithOften, I convince myself my troubles are all I haveNot all storms disrupt life, some...  Read More

Scripture:  I Chronicles 4:9-10 - And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying 'Because I bare him with sorrow'.  And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, 'Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me!' And God granted him th...  Read More

Scripture:  Galatians 2:20 -  I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. The banana tree is sturdy and resilient even if it looks weak.  Unbelievable as it seems to be, no fire or typhoon can kill it.  Even if one cuts its body into a thousand pieces, it st...  Read More