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"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control." (Galatians 5:22) Why wait? Do it, and do it now. Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today? Don't procrastinate! Set your feet to your faith....
It was the Summer of my freshman year of college. Instead of heading home for a nice, long break three of my friends and I had decided to stay and take some extra courses. The four of us had rented the top floor of an old house to live in. My own bed was jammed into a...
“'Have faith in God,' Jesus answered. 'I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, "Go, throw yourself into the sea," and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask...
There it was, my worst nightmare: The ugliest face in the dramatic presentation was not the devil’s. It was ... Mine! It all started like this: Our church was sponsoring the program, "Heavens Gates, Hell's Flames" for Easter weekend, but during the Good Friday...
Every now and then I need to pause, take stock of my life, and count my blessings. Today was one of those day. Then, the Lord stamped His approval during my Bible reading. "When He (Jesus) had finished speaking, he said to Simon, 'Put out into deep water, and let down...
I was walking towards the store when I first saw her. She was between eighty and ninety years old. Her hair was thin, sparse, and as white as the snow on the sidewalk outside. Her face was red, chapped, and wrinkled from a lifetime of use. Her mouth was missing most...
“My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.” (Proverbs 7:1-3, ESV) I have heard of boys who wanted a BB...
"Today is the day I have been waiting for," wrote an unknown author. "All my life has been spent in preparation for it. Yesterday and tomorrow are faraway nothings - the one a faint memory, the other a vague promise. But this is my day. It offers all that God has to...
"There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known." (Luke 8:17, Luke 12:2, Mark 4:22, Matthew 10:26) “Just that room!” she exclaimed. “You can go in any of the other rooms; just don’t go in that room…..it’s a mess!” Our...
Ten men lived on death row in the wilderness. Their society and their families believed they had a religious duty to desert them. There was no touch of compassion. Death was measuring them for a lingering extinction somewhere in the rocks of the desert. Their vultures...
"We have courage in God's presence, because we are sure that he hears us if we ask him for anything that is according to his will. He hears us whenever we ask him; and since we know this is true, we know also that he gives us what we ask from him." (1 John...
When the Foreigners "roll out the red carpet" (figuratively, that is)... In the previous part of this two-part New Years' series, my readers would have observed how we mortals can "surprise" even the God of surprises for negative reasons. In the concluding part of...
After enjoying a glorious day of Autumn sunshine here in the hills and forests surrounding my home I decided to take a seat on my back porch and watch its final act. Sunsets here in the mountains are a beauty to behold. They are not as sudden as the ocean or desert...