Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
The Implication Of Worry
Worry implies that we don't believe God can look after the practical details of our lives.
The Last And The First
"And so it is that the last shall be first, and the first, last.” Matthew 20:16 TLB Let me be least, not so that I will become first, but so that I can have the joy that comes of being a true servant. Humility, caring, excellence. All to advance The Kingdom. Thank you...
It’s Not Our Job
It's not our job to convince people.It's not our job to convict people.It's not our job to convert people.It's not our job to save people. It's our job to tell people the Good News of Jesus Christ. And to pray. The convincing, convicting, converting, and saving is the...
Obedience
Thank God for our Lord Jesus the Christ, the Anointed, Liberating King, who brought us victory over the grave. So dear brothers and sisters, considering the magnitude of Christ's gift upon the cross, stand your ground. Don’t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work...
Spiritual Growth
Our spiritual growth does not depend on how much attention we pay to our own progress. Our spiritual growth depends on how much attention we pay to our Father in Heaven.
What Is My Purpose?
With what shall I come before the Lord? The Lord has told us what is good—walk in humble fellowship with God and live in steadfast righteousness and love toward others. Micah 6:8 Paraphrase What is my purpose? How shall I walk before God? We would not be human if this...
In The Gathering Darkness
Exalt The Cross
Freedom
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. Adapted, Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
It Has To Be You
"What I want from you is your true thankfulness. And that you keep the vows you have made to the Most High. I want you to trust me in your times of trouble so I can rescue you and you can give me honor and glory." Psalm 50:14-15 If God wants you to trust in Him He...
The First Egg
Imagine the wonder of the person who cooked the first egg.
Jesus At The Center Of It All
O righteous and holy Lord, let me not harbor sin in my heart, indulge a worldly temperament, or seek satisfaction in things that perish. I long for the hour when earthly pursuits and possessions will appear vain, when it will be indifferent whether I have been rich or...
A Barometer Of Love
Our response to temptation is an accurate barometer of our love for God. Continuing in my sin means I love my sin more than I love God.
Foolishness
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence. It's good to be silly at the right moment. Attributed to Quintus Horatius Flaccus (’Horace’), Roman lyricist and poet (65 BC - 8 BC)
Success And Failure
Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm. Uncertain attribution
Revealed Truth
If we think about it at all, we realize and accept that there is a Creator. That God is real. But what is His nature and what is our relationship to Him? We come to know the answers to those questions through Revealed Truth. Revealed Truth is God's revelation to us...
Small Things
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love. Adapted, Mother Teresa (1910 - 1999)
150 – 9 – 0
The Preakness Stakes, the second race of the Triple Crown (Note 1), runs today. To wit: 150: This is the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes.9: Nine 3 year old thoroughbreds will be in the starting gate at 7:01 PM EDT.0: Chance of a Triple Crown winner this year;...
A Prayer For The Morning
To Be Fit For God Thou Creator and Sustainer of all things, day and night are yours, heaven and earth declare your glory. But, as a creature of thy power and bounty, I have sinned against you, and you alone, by resisting the dictates of conscience, the demands of...
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