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As a child, I loved watching the black and white old movies, especially of the Marx Brothers. Their funny hats and hair and antics were endlessly fascinating, as were their comic banter and impossible tangles they got themselves in and out of. The wit of Groucho...
I have written before about God's heart; but I don't think any of us will ever truly comprehend it. I believe it is simply too ... everything! ... for us to even fathom the depths and the heights and the widths and the breadths of His unfailing love.So after opening...
This is the call to prayer for our brothers and sisters in South Africa. Please join us! See below:Yesterday I was overcome with a horrible sense of grief. I couldn't stop myself from crying uncontrollably for about an hour. I didn't know why. When I asked God what...
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so must you love one another." (John 13:34 NIV) "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Peter 4:8 NIV Above all, love each other deeply, because loves...
"Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life." (John 5:24 NIV)"To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. A time to be...
"Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive and you will be forgiven." (Luke 6:37 ESV) "There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?" (James 4:12...
"And you, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands." (Hebrews 1:10 NIV)"And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day."...
"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!" declares the LORD. Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for My people: "You have scattered My flock and have driven them away, and you have not...
"And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the Word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the Word of God, which is at work in you believers." (1 Thessalonians 2:13 ESV)How can a...
"Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you brother have refreshed the hearts of saints." (Philemon 7 NIV)A number of years ago my brother moved onto my property with me. When we were children, being two years older, he taught me how to tie...
The level of pride evident in many of our world leaders is astonishing and very disheartening. Seeing the responses of some world leaders to the recent COVID-19 crisis left me wondering if they would pop if I pressed a pin into them. Aren't our leaders supposed to be...
Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it gets you nowhere. Glenn Turner, New Zealand athlete.This past winter has been trying and I sat too long in that “rocking chair,” worrying over life situations.* I had several major, expensive...
"For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, 'Do not fear; I will help you.'" (Isaiah 41:13 NIV)"Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not be...