Scriptures: Psalm 19:14 -  Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart, be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.Psalm 19: 7-14 -  The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; 8 The statues of the Lord are right rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; 9 ...  Read More

Scripture:  Romans 12:12 - rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;Consider, your earthly issues that require heavenly interventionConsider, the purpose of prayer and the Lord’s role and positionMost of the time we desire for the Lord to change our circumstancesIf there is no change, we remain the same, in our present arrangements Lord, change this or change tha...  Read More

Scripture: I Corinthians 5:9 “Therefore, I make it my aim, whether absent or present to be well pleasing to Him.”Friendships sometimes involve what I call the “Daniel” experience where you learn that Jesus must first become your best friend. As Daniel was taken from the safe environment of his home and family to a foreign land to walk alone, God was now teaching him the power of His presence. Earl...  Read More

Scripture: Psalm 118:24 - This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.The entertainer-singer Michael Jackson offered up to us a song, sometime ago, which included the lyrics "I'm lookin' at the man in the mirror. I'm askin' him to change his ways. I'm lookin' at the man in the mirror; If ya wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and... make that change!".  But in be...  Read More

Scripture: Psalms 40:3 -  He has put a song in my mouth a song of praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, and will trust in the Lord.Hymns are the songs many of a certain age grew up singing. Hymns are many times slow, methodical, and lyrically powerful and typically scripturally based.  Like many songs both religious and secular, they are often birthed from the writer's own life experiences...  Read More

Scripture:  II Corinthians 1:8-9 (NASB) - For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction… indeed we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead…” The Apostle Paul often voiced familiarity with today’s scriptural focus. So did Mark the Apostle in the gospel bearing his name ( See Mark 9:17-29).  For many of us...  Read More

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