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"This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another." (1 John 3:11 NLT)It was a late Winter’s day. I was 25 years old and at the one place I never wanted to be. I was sitting in a hospital by my dying Mom’s bedside. For...
"Immediately He [Jesus] made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd. And after He had taken leave of them, He went up on the mountain to pray. And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea,...
It is March 2, 2019. I’m viewing the film “The life of Jesus”Jesus said: “Take, eat; this is my body ... Drink from it, all of you, for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many, for the remission of sins.” (Matthew 26:26-28 NKJV)I pray: "Jesus,...
"Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 'Behold, I establish My covenant with you and your offspring after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark;...
"Through toil and tribulation, And tumult of her war, She waits the consummation, O peace forevermore. Till with the vision glorious, Her longing eyes are blest, And the great Church victorious, Shall be the Church at rest."Yet she on earth has union, With God, the...
"For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your...
After over a year of staying home and hiding behind our masks in public my children and I finally got our vaccine shots. The Covid 19 pandemic had gripped the world with fear for so long and it was so joyous feeling safe again after just two tiny jabs from a needle....
When I was young, there were many heroes to look up to. One of them was the American boxer, Muhammad Ali, who raised his gloved hands in victory and declared, "I am The Greatest!" As a child, I wondered what made him great. Was he a great athlete, a great dad, a great...
I can't forget our disappointing dialogue. Two of us were lamenting over societal woes, when suddenly, he walked away, exclaiming, "This is too depressing!"That's not how I wished the conversation to proceed! He never got to hear the hope welling up in me, which I was...
"You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands." (Isaiah 55:12 NKJV)"My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you, I whom you have delivered."...
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding." (Proverbs 3:5 ESV)"When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?" (Psalm 56:3-4 ESV)I have had...
"Those who know your name trust you because you have not abandoned any who seek you, Lord." (Proverbs 28:26 NKJV)"Those who trust their own reasoning are fools, but those who walk in wisdom will be kept safe." (Psalm 9:10 NKJV)I saw this on Facebook last night. Yes,...
"This is a wise, sane Christian faith: that a man commit himself, his life, and his hopes to God; that God undertakes the special protection of that man; that therefore that man ought not to be afraid of anything" (George MacDonald 1824–1905)In these difficult...