We are asked to give up many things in life. Things like: A round of applause for a speaker. Could you give it up for the band? Give up smoking, drinking, fried foods, and sweets for a healthier way of life. And yet, when it boils down to it, what Read more…
“And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.” — John 20:7, KJV I’ll be back. It’s a common, everyday phrase. If you saw “The Terminator,” you will remember that it was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s famous quote in Read more…
“It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.” —Deuteronomy 1:2 If you’re familiar with a GPS, you’ll know that when you use it for directions, the system will give you three options once you put your destination in. The first driving option Read more…
“Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done.” – Isaiah 46:10a NKJV Isaiah 46:10 tells us that God declares from the beginning how a matter will end. However, the question on the floor today is, “What happens in the in-between?” What Read more…
“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 8 We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— 10 always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that Read more…
So, Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.” (2 Kings 4:2, NKJV) How many times has God impressed upon you to do Read more…
“So, because our hope is set on what is yet to be seen, we patiently keep on waiting for its fulfillment.” (Romans 8:25, TPT) As believers, there are moments in our lives when we feel like hope has abandoned us. Perhaps it’s waiting for the job offer, or the Read more…
“The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.” — Isaiah 40:8 The beginning of a new year sometimes causes us to reflect upon our lives. We think about what we have accomplished, where we are, and what we desire to strive towards in Read more…
“Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.’ Read more…
“But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.”— Matthew 6:6 Growing up, if I were coming in or going out of the house too Read more…