We are part of a family that has a loving Heavenly Father and a Son who has opened the door to hope. Let’s examine a few of the reasons we have for hope in this life and beyond. We have been given spiritual life and we are freed from satan’s death-grip. (Eph. 2:1-7) We have […]
Jesus Christ became your Savior? Jesus saved you? connected with God, the church, the Bible, worship, prayer, witnessing thrilled you beyond words? Memory is a good thing if you remember the right things. You see David used his memories of how God helped him face overwhelming odds when he faced some of the most difficult […]
Lest We Forget Memorial Day, now observed on the last Monday of May, is the day of the year set aside for Americans to commemorate the Men and Women of the United States who died while in the military service. We must also remember what the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National […]
The Bible is filled with “signs” urging us to obey the Lord and follow Him wholeheartedly. Just before the Lord’s people entered the promised Land, He said to them: “I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, Therefore chose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may […]
A Mother lives her life for her family, her friends, and her church. She neither asks for nor wants anything in return. When we were ill she went on a mission to get us well again. Every cut or bump always got a kiss so we knew everything was going to be okay. You were […]
There is an ancient road from Jerusalem to Jericho that was a narrow, treacherous path along a deep gorge in the Judean Wilderness. It’s known as the valley of the shadow, for this was probably the location that inspired David’s 23rd Psalm. It’s bleak and perilously steep. It’s a good place for thieves, but not […]
In 2 Timothy 4:2, Paul charged Timothy to point people to the Savior. “Preach the Word”, this charge from Paul is not addressed only to preachers, however. The word preach means “to make it known.” God’s people can do this over a cup of coffee or in school with friends. We can make known the […]
Prayer is a wonderful privilege. God has opened the door to His throne room and invited us, His children, to enter His presence with our petitions. He has promised to hear us when we call and to answer our prayers when we pray. Jeremiah 33:3 “Call to Me and I will answer you and tell […]
The challenges and crises of life can tax us to the very end of our strength, and in such times it is easy to want to give up. In James chapter 5, James offers followers of Christ (us, me and you) another perspective. He says that while life is a battle, it is also a […]
What do you think about whenyou see a cross? When I lookupon a cross, it reminds me of theprice Jesus had to pay for my sins. Such love He gave that day overtwo thousand years ago for us.And now the three crosses onCalvary’s hill are empty now.The tomb that held His body is alsoempty. The […]