Scripture:  Joshua 7:1-12 and 24-26 - But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 42:11 -  Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.Hebrews 6:19a – Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul.An acronym for hope is holding on to a powerful expectation.  No matter what we are facing, there is hope for our future. The object of our hope...  Read More

Scripture  Jeremiah 17:9-10 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.  Psalm 51:10 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.  Proverbs 28:13 - He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: bu...  Read More

Scripture:  Ephesians 4:30-32 - And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:  32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.Ephesians 1 – 3 teach us about salvation, ...  Read More

Scripture:  Ephesians 4:30-32 – And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.Matthew 6:12 - And forgive us our debts, as...  Read More

God’s Driving School (Our Blueprint for Success)Scripture:   Exodus 14In 1972, the year I graduated from Eastern High School, I recall how excited I was to get my driver’s license!  To make sure I passed the driver’s test, I went to the Easy Method Driving School.  I had eight lessons at $18.00 per lesson.  I read through the manual several times so that when I drove the Easy Method car, I could a...  Read More

Scripture:  II Corinthians 4:6-10 - For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure.  This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from our...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalm 51:1-10 - Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4 Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Your sight—that You may be found ...  Read More

Scripture:  Galatians 5:22-23 -   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.A definition of self control is to grab, hold, strength, mastery.  It is the ability to restrain passions and appetites. When you invited Jesus Christ into your life, you received the Holy Spirit and the fruit ...  Read More

Scripture:  I Peter 1:18-19 – For as much as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and without spot:Colossians 1:19-20 - For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; 20 And, having made peace through the bl...  Read More

Scripture:  Exodus  18:14-26 - And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? Why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 15 And Moses said unto his father in law, because the people come unto me to enquire of God: 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge betw...  Read More

Scripture:  Galatians 5:22-23 - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.In this competitive, cut throat, aggressive, every  person for himself, and lawless society today, the world “gentleness seems out of place in many instances.  That’s because the idea of gentleness is wrongly associated w...  Read More