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"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with God's people who are in need." (Rom 12:12-13 NIV) My new dog, Snoopy Girl is a morning person. She starts the day at full speed chasing her tail, the cats, and the other dogs. She wolfs down...
"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree; as soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door." (Matthew 24:32-33) Last summer, to my regret, the fig...
"I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." (Ps. 91:2 NIV) I remember when I first graduated college. I was already married with a baby son. I had an education degree but full time teaching jobs where I lived were scarce. For a...
Ever wondered, how an injury sustained in sport can be a badge of honor to a sportsman? Some years ago I came across an interview with the ex-world boxing champion –Larry Holmes- published in a leading Sports Magazine in India (Sportstar). What caught my attention was...
"It is more blessed to give than to receive." (Acts 20:35 NIV) My toilet handle broke the other day. I knew that I had a few pieces left over from an another toilet repair a few years earlier. I decided then to dig them out and save a few dollars. I hadn’t...
"Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 19 In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life." (1 Tim 6:18-19...
"See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him." (1 John 3 :1 NIV) “I wish you were children” a lady said addressing a large...
"Then the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah. He went through Gilead and Manasseh and returned to Mizpah in Gilead and went on to Ammon. Jephthah promised the Lord: 'If you give me victory over the Ammonites, I will burn as an offering the first person that...
"Jesus answered and said, 'Verily, verily I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.'” (John 3:3 KJV) That scripture, to me says it all. How much clearer can it be? Jesus is talking to Nicodemus, a Pharisee and a ruler of the Jews....
A very rich man passed away and was found crying outside the Pearly Gates. When approached by an angel who asked why he was crying the man replied, "I have worked hard all my life and laid up many treasures. I had a lot of gold bars. I wanted to bring some with me,...
I remember her picture. It was one of many showing those arrested the day before, a collection of expressions - anger, defiance disdain, apathy, clueless, disoriented, even comical. But the look in her picture was different. Intense sadness. Elena had been arrested...
"For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction." (Genesis 41:52 NKJV) [1] In the downtown area there are some beautiful flowers. Some have been planted to beautify the town but some of the prettiest are growing around the bottom of a telephone pole...
Life is full of changes, they can happen in an instant or over a period of time, but change is inevitable. These changes can catch us off guard, bring about very uncomfortable feelings. They could be to do with a person in your life, change in personal circumstances...