I once had a black and white picture of some rocks covered in patches of snow with a caption challenging the viewer to look beyond the obvious to see what the hidden picture. If you look long enough, with the objective to see the mystery revealed, something amazing...
"Submit yourselves then to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." (James 4:7) I prayed to the Lord, “deliver me from the snare of the fowler, from Satan and his angels!” I was under attack! How dare he come near me! (Funny how we get so self righteous and...
"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done." (Genesis 50:20) "But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." (1...
"Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a...
"If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal." (1 Cor 13:1) Throughout your life you will have many people tell you that they love you. Some will mean it, and others, unfortunately, will mean...
"If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.” (1 Cor. 13:2) “Many people today think of a prophet as any person who sees the future. While the gift of...
"If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing." (1 Cor. 13: 3) Jesus said of hypocrites that they loved to stand on the street corner praying to receive the recognition of the people. And...
"Love is patient" (1 Cor. 13:4) I don’t like to wait. I don’t like to wait in line. I don’t like to wait because someone is thoughtlessly blocking the whole aisle with his cart. I don’t like people cutting in front of me in traffic or driving all the way to the very...
A popular Christian group, Casting Crowns, has at the end of one of their songs a child singing a kids church song that goes like this, "be careful little eyes what you see, oh be careful little eyes what you see, for the Father up above is looking down in love so be...
"Love is kind." (1 Cor. 13:4) You probably have heard the expression “to kill someone with kindness” which, in reality, is to show how “good” you are and how “bad” he or she is. If we can kill with kindness, surely we can seek to save with it as well. Unfortunately...