"Therefore encourage one another and build each other up as you are already doing" 1Thessalonians 5:11
It is good to give Thanks to the LORD, to sing praise to the Most High Psalm 92:1-5 For many of us, Thanksgiving, is a day to gather with family and friends, to eat and to enjoy one anothers company. Perhaps you hadn’t seen them in sometime. Nevertheless, everyone is gathered around a table...
We hear them everyday….voices. Some are in your head. Some are on your social feed. Some come from friends. Some come from those who openly dislike you. They’re the voices trying to tell you who you are…and what it will take to become who you should be. One problem with all those voices is that they can’t deliver on their promises....
Where is God when life gets hard? If you’ve ever wondered that, then you’re in good company. I’ve asked the same question. So has pretty much every human ever. When the bottom falls out of your life- when it seems you’re facing obstacles from left to right- our gut reaction is to cry out, “where are you, God? And the answer that...
The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years (Psalm 90:10-11), So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12). Isn’t it Amazing how the older we get God changes our priorities in life… For me the Lord has been...
Spiritual Gifts Suppose someone asked you what your gifts are. What would you say? We may struggle with such questions because we either aren’t sure or don’t want to seem conceited. And sometimes it’s hard to know if something is a gift or a talent. How do you suppose one can tell the difference? Generally speaking, a talent is something that...
Ahhh Election Season But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. James 3:17 Don’t you just love it? A time of name calling, anxiety, and cautiously attempting to avoid the long list of possible...
Hebrews 4:12-13 NIV “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12) Hebrews 4:13: And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and opened to the eyes of...
When God Seems Silent I don’t know about you, but when I have a series of things going on in my life. I have an urgent need to pray. I might also add that those prayers become fervent and my desire for...
Philippians 1:12-20 If you could change your present circumstances, would you? Most of us would say a resounding Yes! Even if we’re experiencing relatively peaceful and comfortable circumstances, we can always imagine a better life. And for those of us enduring difficult, painful, or trying situations, we long to see the burden of it all lifted or disappear altogether. But...
2 Timothy 3:1-5 Many of us have a Quiet soundtrack running through our mind, and the volume is turned down so low we can barely hear it. But then there are those of us Who voice that complaint...