SCRIPTURE: “as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children, 12 that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. 13 For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, ‘Be holy, for I am holy.’ 17 And if y...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me.” Luke 24:44 Believers identify with the risen Savior throughout the year. Every day, believers remember what Jesus has done and is doing for them. During my encounters with others, mentioning the ris...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it."  Hebrews 4:1 Many people are relying on all the wrong things to affirm the reality of their relationship to the God of the Bible. Despite the clear and simple truth of Ephesians 2:8,9—"that it is by grace we have been saved through faith, and THAT not of ourselves; it is...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “…just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” Matthew 11:28 The realities of ministry are not foreseen when our hearts are burning with passion by our calling from the Lord. Yet, it is through human weakness and emptiness that the power of God is seen in its greatest strength working through a servant of Christ. II Corinthians...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.” Psalm 34: 1-3 It is Sunday morning testimony time! The ladies are in their hats, the men in their suits, and the young people are giggling in the back of...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.” II Corinthians 5:9 Abraham was on the brink of idolatry in his love for Isaac, God’s son of promise and he did not even know it. God had to test Abraham (Genesis 22) to reveal the depth and  integrity of his commitment to God. However, Abraham had many years in which his faith would continue to be te...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your [f]understanding being enlightened; that you may know...  Read More

SCRIPTURES:"Jesus answered and said to them, 'Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.' 20 Then the Jews said, 'It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?' 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body." John 2:19-21 "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “…do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 About three years before I retired in 2021, I began listing all the things I planned to do when that long-awaited day finally ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” II Timothy 4:7 God’s process of “through” is important to understand if we are going to mature in the disciplines of the self-life. There are four meanings for “through” that can be made applicable to the Christian walk.(1) “Through” means that one must go “by way of.” Galatians 2:20 says “I have been cruc...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “I would have fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13 I would have fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. It was in 1997 when this verse got my attention. I heard it used during the New Year’s testimony service at Genesis Bible Fellowship Church. I was WOWED by the verse. It s...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “Not everyone that saith unto me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22  Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?’ 23  And then will I profess unto them, ‘I never knew you: depart from me,...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: “For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, so that I should heal them.” Matthew 13:15 I once heard on a Christian radio program that some souls have heard the Gospel message clearly presented to them ...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17 Our eternal Father and our gracious God, we thank You again for the privilege You have given unto us to be able as a people to open Your Word.  Yo...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  “And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’” 2 Corinthians 12:9a There seems to be no trouble like the trouble of having turbulence on an airplane while traveling.  You are helpless, and you have no control or any idea of how long it will last. Similarly, in life, you have many experiences of turbulence. The comforts of living a fa...  Read More

SCRIPTURE: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 God has ways of comforting us in every situation we find ourselves in. I mean, think about it – He al...  Read More

SCRIPTURE:  "8 I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. 10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. " Revelation 3:8,10 An early church affirmation st...  Read More