Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a Read more…
“Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and Read more…
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. – James 1:2-4 James has always been one of Read more…
God is Creator and Lord of all the earth. He is King of glory and King of kings. He is the Ancient of Days, the Self-existent one. He is Almighty, He is holy, He is mighty and He is great. And yet, He put on flesh and became Emmanuel, God Read more…
So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily. – Acts 16:5 Yellowstone is my favorite place. There are so many great things about it. One of the things it is most known for is its geysers, especially Old Faithful. The first time I saw Read more…
I waited patiently for the LORD; He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet upon a rock and gave me a firm.place to stand. He put a new song on my mouth, Read more…
In Matthew 6:9-15 Jesus said, “Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.And Read more…
Water is life. As I sat in my hospital room, ill from dehydration, I was reminded of this simple fact. We are living beings as fragile as the grass drawn together by needs, both simple and profound: food, air, sunlight, water and hope. Flowing water cheers the heart. Sitting by Read more…
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of Read more…
And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number Read more…