January 18, 2021
Rejoice when others see you as worthy to be attacked. Rejoice that you resemble Jesus. Be glad that your life reveals a genuine faith in Jesus. And rejoice and be glad for the glory of God rests on you. The world may hate you, insult you and even seek to destroy you, but the world can never take away the joy you have in Christ.
January 4, 2021
When Jesus speaks of “the pure in heart,” in relationship to God, he is describing someone of integrity – a person who has a single-minded focus, an undivided devotion toward God.
December 29, 2020
God never promises to spare you from life’s difficulties, but He does pursue you with His goodness to help carry you through life’s troubling times. All He asks of us is to trust in His goodness to us. For God is good all the time and His fountain of goodness toward us has no limit.
December 16, 2020
Mercy led Jesus to lay down His life, so that now, anyone who puts their trust in him will receive the mercy of God. They will be forgiven and set free from a life of sin and given life with God. It’s no wonder then, that Jesus blesses the merciful. For when you are merciful you are acting most like God, who is rich in mercy.
December 9, 2020
That’s Just Not Right! Have you heard yourself voice that refrain of late? That’s just not right. In the State I come from, Oregon; the Governor wrote a bill to fine people during thanksgiving if they had more than six people for dinner. That’s just not right. Then this same governor encouraged people to rat… Read More »
November 30, 2020
The good news of the kingdom is that God favor’s those who are lowly in heart. It is this poverty of spirit, this conscious awareness of unworthiness before God, that opens the floodgates of God’s mercy. For when we’re totally honest and confess we are indeed sinful and in need of God, this is where blessing begins.
November 24, 2020
Jesus had a very simple strategy for spreading the good news. He employed three methods: teaching, preaching and healing. And each method was designed to reach a different audience.
November 16, 2020
We don’t choose Jesus. Jesus chooses us. Jesus comes into our world of darkness. He comes to deliver us, to rescue us, to save us. Left to ourselves we will not seek a relationship with God. In our darkness we will choose sin over God; every time.
October 25, 2020
This world is not our home. But while we are here, we are to willingly submit to the governing authorities over us but remember it is God whom we are serving.
October 5, 2020
Many times God puts difficult people in our lives – not to test our patience – but so we can shine the spotlight of God’s grace in their lives. Remember, Jesus says, “You are the light of the world.” And the way you shine your light is by peddling grace to people who need grace! Because that’s what God did for you, when He saved you.