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 now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.” – Philippians 4:8, NLT Health. Safety. Loved ones. Financial Security. Debt. Wars. Equality. Read more…
“Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread?” — Mark 8:17 “Is the glass half empty or half full?” If you were sitting in a restaurant enjoying your meal, the waiter or waitress would perceive your glass as half-empty and immediately fill it to the ream Read more…
“Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.” – Genesis 5:24, ESV Do you have a special place designated for meeting with God – a place where you can still away and share your concerns and express your thoughts? Often, when driving to work, I Read more…
“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.” — Psalm 122:1 How often have you been in church, and the worship leader, pastor, or the person presiding over the service opened with Psalm 122:1? “I was glad when they said Read more…
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” – Romans 14:17, NIV Oftentimes, when we think of the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Heaven, we look for the outer expression of God Read more…
“Then the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim.” —1 Kings 8:6 The temple was finished in all its details and according to all its Read more…
“For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”—Esther 4:14 Esther was going to let the Read more…
The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. — Psalm 24:1 “What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is mine.”[1] Sounds selfish, doesn’t it? And yet this is a humorous way of saying everything belongs to me. That is what David says Read more…
“This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” — Psalm 118:24 There was a time when a father would ask the guy who had been dating his daughter for an extended period of time — what are your intentions towards my daughter? I’m not sure Read more…