"He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, HE RESTORES MY SOUL. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake." (Ps 23:2-3  NIV) "When I wake up in the morning, when I lay my head to rest, you satisfy my soul." The...

I know. It's a little strange to get an email that begins this way. I get that question from time to time, probably because someone is trying to figure out the rather odd person who keeps sending these Notes. It's a good question, though, but let me ask it a different...

"And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream." (Numbers 12:6) "Who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard his word? Who hath...

“for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.”  (Phil 2:13 NIV) “Am I still in God’s will?” Have you ever asked yourself this question? You know what I’m talking about. You hear a word from God, you take steps out in faith...

What do you do when your spouse has left you? How can you face another morning when you are feeling like a complete loser at work? How can you handle the daily stresses that keep on piling up? Do you know of a way out of these trials that you are inundated with?...

God's Word cannot contradict and still be His Word, and His Word has to be spiritually discerned. 1 Corinthians 2:14 Therefore, if we think to see discrepancy, we still only see in part. And in study, having suddenly realized Paul was speaking in tongues when he said...

WOW! Oh thank you thank you!! I was elated. It was Christmas morning when I was 8 years old. I felt so special when I opened the present from my parents. She was beautiful. A doll with a flowing pink lace dress that when she sits, the dress forms a circle around her....

"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." (I Thess 5:16-18) Give thanks for everything? For the second spilled bowl of cereal this morning? For the dress I wanted to wear, but I forgot to...

DON'T SELL YOURSELF SHORT SOME PEOPLE GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO EVERYTHING… SO THEY END UP DOING NOTHING. I would not call myself a perfectionist, at least to the point about being neurotic. I do want everything in my life to be in a neat and orderly...

"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet was without sin." (Hebrews 4:15) Do you remember the old Frank Sinatra song called "My Way"? I can recall some of...