There’s no getting around it. We live in a dark world of terror, promiscuity and politicians who many times put their personal agendas or the party’s agenda ahead of what is good for our state or  nation. If we focus on the darkness it will infect our spiritual life and our relationships with family and […]

  Paul gives us all a great lesson in humility in 1Corinthians 4:7…”For who makes you different than anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?” Every victory, check and award is because of gifts and blessings […]

  Why does God want us to be obedient? The 10 Commandments…why should we submit to the “rules?” The answer is simple…so that it will go well with us, and our families. Moses shares what God told him in Deuteronomy 5:29: “Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep my commands […]

  God would be pleased and we would gain wisdom and peace if we brought every decision, meeting, problem and project before Him. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6

  Agnostics, seekers and believers all ask questions about God. If all of the questions could be answered it would put us on the same level with God…man wants that, but it will never happen. One question I hear sometimes is “If Jesus is ‘the way, the truth and the life’ (John 14:6) what about […]

  This has always been a hard discipline for me, but I know it to be true…the busier I get, the  more I should pray. When we become physically and mentally drained, it’s easy to become spirituality drained as well. Spiritual nourishment comes from God’s Word and with prayer. No Bible verses today, but instead two […]

  If you’re past mistakes are robbing you of your joy, confess them once and for all to Christ who has already paid the price for them!  Then, forget them…God has! He has cast them as far as the east is to the west, to remember them no more.” Jesus wants you to walk in peace […]

When our children grew older and “left the nest,” it became incredibly gratifying when they give us a call or make a visit. Because of our great love for our children, we love hearing from them! God’s capacity to love is much greater than ours. So, He receives more joy when hearing from us than […]

  “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” James 1:27 Max Lucado shares the following prayer with us: “Dear Lord…Enable me to love the invisible God by serving the very visible […]

God has used 2 Corinthians 5:21 to encourage me in faith and to help me be thankful for God’s great Gift to us. “God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” This is an overwhelming message! Christ took our sins […]