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 […]

October 5

Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed; nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ For in fact, the kingdom of God is among you.” My spiritual path […]

May 2

“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.” We go through life making plans for the future, assuming we will have an infinite number of days. “Tomorrow I will buy a house, take the trip, mend a broken relationship, learn to ski.” It goes on and on. […]

October 4

“I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you – the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you – every living creature on earth.” Caring for animals is not just the […]

October 3

“But let everyone be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger.” I love this verse. There are many verses that were written specifically to me and this wasone of them! I read once that “quick to hear” means to hear the word of God, and not to hear the words of other […]