TO ALL OF OUR CANADIAN SUBSCRIBERS: HAPPY THANKSGIVING! "From the rising of the sun to its setting let the name of the Lord be praised." (Psalm 113: 3) Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks and praise to our Lord. There are times in our lives when it is...
"And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints." (Eph 6:18) Come, Holy Spirit, guide us in your gentle way to pray. Help us express our deepest yearnings...
In honor of the upcoming New Year, Let us remember to: "Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth." (Ps 96:1) No doubt God, who makes every snowflake different, enjoys new things. Five times Scripture tells us to sing to the Lord a new...
A Miracle is an event that is beyond human powers and cannot be explained by natural causes. Miracles transcend natural causes to such a degree that they can be attributed only to the direct intervention of God. One day when Jesus and his disciples were traveling...
Not everyone called by Jesus to be his disciple chooses to follow him. The account of one who choose not to follow in Luke 18:18-25. The good news sometimes challenges us. On the one hand, we discover that God loves us no matter who we are or what we have done in our...
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple." Luke 14:27 There is no way to make this "hard saying" softer. However, the context of this saying of Jesus in Luke gives us grounds to think about it in terms of mundane, practical advise...
PROVERBS 18:24 RSV "There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." Would you like to have a perfect friend? A friend who loved you no matter what you do? ...