EN 
ES May 9
“To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.” Jesus’ parables were stories using things in the everyday life of the people at that time. I think, if He were talking to me, He would use dogs instead of sheep. My […]
October 7
“My brothers, do not let class distinction enter into your faith in Jesus Christ, our glorified Lord. . . the right thing to do is to keep the supreme Law of Scripture: You will love your neighbor as yourself; but as soon as you make class distinctions, you are committing sin. . .” How very […]
May 8
A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. “Be gracious to me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Thy compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. For I know my […]
October 6
“Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful. It is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, enduresall things. Love […]
May 7
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.” I found this prayer among my son’s homework the day […]
May 6
“When anyone is joined to Christ, he is a new being: the old is gone; the new has come.” There is a joy and sweetness that comes with leaving one’s old life and entering this door. There is a fellowship believers share that cannot be described. It is an awesome feeling – this rebirth through […]
May 5
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” In my youth and young adulthood, I attended the First Presbyterian Church in […]
May 5
“Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
May 4
Then Jesus arrived from Galilee at the Jordan coming to John, to be baptized by him. But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?…” When I was growing up, to escape the heat of the Texas summer, our family packed up and […]
May 3
“Beware! Don’t always be wishing for what you don’t have. For real life and real living are not related to how rich we are..” Why does a hot dog sound like the best meal in the world to a man just out of prison? Why do those on their deathbeds see so much beauty in […]