January 9, 2025Scripture:  Genesis 6:13-18 - And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. 15 And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cu...  Read More

January 6, 2025Scripture:  Ephesians 4:32 - And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.So many things are going on around us as we are in the midst of a medical, cultural and spiritual pandemic. Some things we can see and identify and some things we cannot see or understand.  There is so much confusion, hatred, darkness and ...  Read More

January 2, 2025But GodScripture:  Ephesians 2:4-10 – But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of ...  Read More

December 30, 2024Forgiving OthersScriptures:  Ephesians 4:32 – And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.    Galatians 5:22-25 - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering (forbearance) , gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.24 And they that are Christ's have...  Read More

December 26, 2024Jesus is the Only WayScripture:  John 14:6 - Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.People say or may think there is more than one way to go to Heaven or to get to God.  We know that all roads do not lead to Heaven or to get to God.  According to God’s word that is false teaching.  There is no other way to God the Fa...  Read More

December 23, 2024Indescribable Gift – Love Came Down From Heaven    Scripture:  II Corinthians 9:15 - Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.My siblings and I were so excited about the gifts we would receive for Christmas!  We could barely sleep the night before Christmas.  Our parents allowed us to open our gifts around 6:00 a.m. every Christmas!  After admiring the Christmas tree and other ...  Read More

December 19, 2024Pursuing HolinessScripture:  I Peter 1:15-16 -  but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.We often see surveys that ask people if they are happy or satisfied with their work or enjoying life, but I’ve never seen an opinion poll that asked are you living a holy life?  Holiness is defined as living a sep...  Read More

December 16, 2024The Assured Hope of VictoryScripture:  I Corinthians 15:57 - But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.No matter how successful we are, death will occur.  No one escapes it (unless the rapture occurs before someone dies). Sin brought death into the world.  (Romans 5:12)  God gives us victory through Jesus Christ’ resurrection!  We are winners/...  Read More

December 12, 2024Win SomeScripture:  I Corinthians 9:19-22 - For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; 20 and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, ...  Read More

December 9, 2024Conditions For ForgivenessScripture:  II Chronicles 7:14 - If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.   I John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from al...  Read More

December 5, 2024Thirsting After GodScripture:  Psalms 42:1-4 - As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.when shall I come and appear before God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me,“Where is your God?”4  When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. for I used to g...  Read More

December 2, 2024Descriptive Names of JesusScripture:  Isaiah 9:6 – For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder:  and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.Many people think that Jesus first existed in Bethlehem as a baby.  He existed before creation “in the beginning”.  Actual...  Read More