March 5
“The Lord’s loving kindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.” “They are new every morning…” – what a comforting phrase. God’s compassion and love for us comes to us fresh with each new day. It doesn’t matter what happened yesterday, today is a new […]
March 4
And his disciples asked him “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him.” When misfortunes and afflictions come in life, we often think we are responsible, […]
March 3
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, “All men are like grass, and all […]
March 2
“Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.” What a promise! God will comfort and strengthen our hearts in every good work and word… not in a […]
February 28
John answered them, “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know, the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal.” John the Baptist was a kook. He answered direct questions with scripture and spent all his time in the river pouring […]
February 27
“Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication and thanksgiving let your requests be known to God. Pray without ceasing.” An anonymous poem is quoted below. It seems to explain some of the questions we have about answered prayer. We know that answers are not always in the affirmative, and are not […]
February 26
“Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” Faith comes from God. Faith is confidence that what God has promised or said will come to pass. Without a firm faith you will stumble and fall. […]
February 25
“He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation upon the rock; and when a flood rose, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.” In this parable, Jesus said that everyone who hears His words and acts upon them […]
February 24
“Not because we do not have the right to this, but in order to offer us as a model for you, that you might follow our example.” Our actions as parents are like beacons to our children. What they see, they copy. And when what they see is good, what they copy is also good. […]
July 23
“The tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.” What you say can cause great pain in someone’s life. Beware of what you say and how you say it, for you might “burn” someone.AMEN. – Shared by […]