Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” – John 14:6 NIV When I first heard this in 1985 I was up late, drunk, watching a tele-evangelist on TBN. How exclusionary! I muttered to myself,,,I was enraged, my thoughts were somewhere […]
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“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.” – Ephesians 4:26-27 Perhaps your life hasn’t worked out the way you had planned…behind you may be the wreckage of broken dreams and dashed hopes. Expectations may have been
“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat.” Luke 22:31 “Shake well before using”. These instructions are on the labels of all sorts of products. It seems that when the container, or vessel, sits for a while the ingredients have a tendency to separate. The heavy, thick, and dense stuff settles to the
Recently I had the privilege of hearing an great word from a great teacher and woman of God, AJ Jones, about the use of acacia wood in the Bible. Here are some interesting facts about acacia I gleaned from her teaching, and some other observations thrown in for good measure. In the Old Covenant God
“…And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.” -Genesis 1:3 NIV “Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.” – Psalm 30:5b Did you know that nighttime actually preceeds the day? I was at a gathering recently where a group of friends came together to celebrate the life of
“Oh, the depth of the riches of the knowledge and wisdom of God! How unsearchable His judgments, His paths are beyond tracing out! Who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counselor? Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him? For from Him and through Him
“We love because he first loved us.” 1John 4:19 “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:13What do you really know about Valentines Day? Valentine’s Day is celebrated today as a romantic observance, the busiest day of the year for florists and indeed the most
“Many of life’s failures are by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” -Thomas Edison “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” -Philippians 4:13 BY HIS OWN ADMISSION Thomas Edison, the “wizard of Menlo Park” had over 10,000 failures in his quest to create
Don Finto, a much revered man of God in my community, was once asked how he was able to sustain his walk with God decade after decade and not fall away. His response was simple, yet truly profound: “I keep my gaze fixed on Jesus and take one step at a time.” “And
“Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” -John 3:3 NIV “Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” -Mark 10:15 NIV Moving through childhood, the teenage years and