PASS IT ON
I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing. Genesis 12:2b TEV Gardening has its challenges -- particularly weeds that have an underground root system. Pulling one of...
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For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16. KJV Less than 150 years ago parents said goodbye...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Sacrifice
He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him’ with his stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5 KJV) Something inexplicable happened...
View ArticleTHE AMAZING GIFT
The village of Ur was typical in many ways of the other cites of that time, but there was something special about this city. Most of the people of this city worshiped many gods and had even built...
View ArticleAN EX-ZOMBIE'S SONG OF PRAISE
"And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins." Ephesians 2:1 (NKJV) A Question: Would you think a person to be intelligent if they could summarize their whole life in one sentence?...
View ArticleKaleidoscope = appointed times for everything
"There is an appointed time for everything… He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from...
View ArticleDEEP ROOTS
May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. Eph. 3:17b TLB During the spring our various shade trees produce millions of seeds. They fall from the trees, settle and take root in...
View ArticleThen Came Barkley
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. Galatians 6:10 (NIV) I'd seen him several times on my daily walk. Barkley was...
View ArticleThe Cross Is Offensive
"The offense of the Cross" Galatians 5:11 NKJV I learned about my Father's love by remembering my mother's love for me. One morning recently, I was having my devotion and learned about love when I...
View ArticleTHAT'S OK!
(The Lord's servant) must be kind toward all, a good and patient teacher. 2nd Timothy 2:24a. While training for an office job at our local hospital, I made a mistake. When I realized it and apologized...
View ArticleShow Mercy
Save others by snatching them from the fire of hell. Show mercy to others, even though you are afraid that you might be stained by their sinful lives. Jude 1:23 (GOD’S WORD Translation) Sinners...
View ArticleRuled by Fear
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 NLT Fred feared the dark. His parents told him there was nothing in the dark that wasn’t...
View ArticleGRANPA SAID
"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." John 15:5 NKJV Growing up in a family of builders and farmers, I heard and...
View ArticleAWESOME POWER
Ye shall have power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and ye shall be witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and unto the uttermost parts of the earth. Acts 1:8 Sharp lightening...
View ArticleChanging My Craving
Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. (NIV) Lately I've been reading several interesting and insightful health and nutrition articles. They explain the way...
View ArticleGod Knows What We Need
June, 16, 2011 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then...
View ArticleA GOOD QUESTION
For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given. Isa. 9:6a TEV Christmas day had arrived. Gifts were piled high around the Christmas tree. The family sat in a circle. Eight-year-old Emily...
View ArticleA Drift Wood Treasure
"Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her the fruit of her hands, And let her own works praise her in the gates." Proverbs 31:30-31 I...
View ArticleGreat Joy
8-12 There were sheepherders camping in the neighborhood. They had set night watches over their sheep. Suddenly, God’s angel stood among them and God’s glory blazed around them. They were terrified....
View ArticleA Gracious God
So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah. Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that you are a gracious and merciful God,...
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