A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. —Proverbs 15:1 NIV I don’t like being criticized. I especially don’t like it when it seems to…
In Christ Alone
I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. —Psalm 121:1-2 (NIV) Arriving at…
Too Hard To Believe?
Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. So she went and…
Remember
And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”…
Altars of Earth and Stone
“Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to…
The Waiting
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. —Psalm 33:20 NJKV High winds, wetter snows, melting snows, ice storms, power outages, dark days and foggy…
Rapid Test
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my…
Life Is Short. Let’s Do What Matters.
And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment, so also Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away…
When You Discover the Problem Is You
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of…
All for One
And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. —1 Corinthians 12:26 NKJV When I was…
The Greatest Valentine
“Therefore say to the children of Israel: ‘I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage,…
Arguments. And How to Have a Good One.
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and…