“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” – Galatians 5:13 I love our country and I thank God we live in a country where we are free to serve and worship Jesus, Read more…
“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?” – Psalms 42: 1-2 NIV As I was listening to “praise music” recently, I found myself thinking Read more…
“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. Read more…
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…
Working long hours and being extraordinarily busy has become a badge of honor in our society. The idea that success and fulfillment in life have a direct correlation to the time we invest in our labor permeates our culture. Of course a key reason for this thinking is due to 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…
All organisms have a genetic code. This genetic code is referred to as DNA. It is DNA that gives each organism a specific expression. The New Testament makes it clear that the church is a living organism. Consider a few of the terms that are used to describe it: a 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…