Last week, in The Nehemiah Solutions, Part 4, we discovered that the best way to deal with distractions is to simply ignore them. But the moment I heard we would have new neighbors, God placed it on my heart to make contact with them, to greet them to the...
It is nearing the Easter season, and as I think about what God wishes to place on each of your hearts this Easter, I am drawn to the words of Luke 3:4-6. Wait a minute, you say, Shouldn't you be taking us a few chapters farther in the Gospel of Luke? Something like...
All of my plans for Christmas Eve looked like they were being dashed. We were to have Christmas Eve dinner around 4:30. This would allow us to be able to leave at our leisure for the Christmas Eve service at 6:00. We would then come back to the house and have...
Last week we discovered that perhaps the most important thing we can do as we prepare for the Easter season this year is to think about how to prepare the way of the Lord. We must follow in the footsteps of John the Baptists. But just how does one “prepare the way of...
Okay Hyderbadis* (Yours truly included) have something to be proud about, for their "Son of the soil," namely Sathya Nadella, was recently elevated to one of the most enviable posts in the World...CEO of what else...Microsoft. Does Microsoft need an introduction...the...
It is the first Thursday of December, exactly 3 weeks before Christmas, and all around you hear the same questions: Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? Have you done your Christmas baking? Is the house decorated? Are you ready for Christmas? I'm happy to...
Many of you have likely heard the expression, "Be the hands of God." I have always taken this to mean that when we do something for someone, we are being the physical hands of God. He uses us to bring about blessing to His children. But what does this mean, in...
It was the so called "Super Moon" evening the other night. That is when the moon is at its closest and brightest point. I decided to take a break from the book I was reading and go out to gaze upon it for awhile. A gentle rain was falling as I stepped out into my yard...
This message comes to us from the book of Isaiah. It is an old prophecy, yet the application is new, for our day and time, for your church and for mine! “You women who are so complacent, rise up and listen to me; you daughters who feel secure, hear what I have to...
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland." (Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV) "But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid. I bring...