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I grew up in hand-me-downs and nobody was more proud than I when I could put on those new hand-me-downs and know I was really well dressed. My clothes came from a wealthy family so they breathed quality, looked quality and felt quality. They were quality even when...
"Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song." (Ps 95:1-2 NIV) When I was a little boy our church was always full of music. We didn't have an organ,...
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." (Galatians 5:22 NIV) Every once in a while I hit a great golf shot. I feel so good as the ball flies...
"Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and untraceable His ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor? Or who has ever first given to Him, and has to be repaid? For from...
Jesus said, "suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:14 KJV) A child comes into the world sin free. A baby learns from his parents, family or associations; He learns to be kind and loving,...
I know there are more than a few reading this who have experienced the great blessing and joy of seeing at least one generation of related babies making their first attempts at walking. And no matter how many related generations of babies we’ve witnessed, what is...
Everyone, including the Governor and the Mayor of New York, agrees on one thing - nothing less than a miracle happened on Thursday, January 15th. An airliner carrying over 150 people landed safely on the Hudson River in New York after suffering catastrophic...
"The Spirit of God made me what I am; the breath of God Almighty gave me life!" (Job 33:4 MSG) God spoke: "Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature…" (Gen 1:26a MSG) Such Joy! I believe, in these verses lies the true value and dignity of...
"Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever." (1 Chronicles 16:34) I have a lot to be thankful for, especially the last few weeks. As difficult as this may be to believe, every day I have apparently been winning several lotteries I never entered...
"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matthew 5:21 NIV) "Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it." (Luke 17:32-33 NIV) During the summer of ’76 and soon after graduating high...
John 12: 37 "But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him" Sometimes it is hard to understand why people do not believe and put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. I have heard people say, "But those were His disciples,...
"So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature." (Galatians 5:16 NIV) “…. Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” (1 Corinthians 10:31b NIV) As we surrender to God and His Holy Spirit, to let Him work in us and...
Recently I was given a couple of tiny wildflowers. They came from a distant place where they are quite prolific but I had never been to that region and had never seen them. Theirs was a loveliness never revealed to me before. Enchanted, I put them in a vase for a few...