Posts from August 2024

Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. Psalm 119:105 God’s word gives us a clear view of the life to which God calls us. God wants His people to prosper and has promised true/ eternal blessings if we will abide in Him, and by His commandments. We do not need to wander down dark alleys of disillusionment and disappointment in which so many in our world grope. The Light of the World, Jesus…

We live in a world obsessed with labels/ name brands. Young and old alike have the notion that if their shirts, shoes, pants; yes, even their underwear, do not have a certain label, then they are not worth wearing. We live in a world where people are measured and evaluated based on such external things, rather than on the basis of personal identity and integrity. The older we get, the more these pursuits grow as we buy the “right” car…

In his book, When God Builds A Church, Bob Russell tells this story: A little over thirty years ago, the number one, drive-time, radio disk-jockey in Detroit was a woman – Liz Curtis. They called her “Motor City Mama.” She wasn’t exactly a modern “shock jock” on air, but her day to day life was so wild that Howard Stern once told her: “Liz, you’ve got to clean up your act.” In 1981, Liz moved to Louisville, Kentucky and a…

8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9 Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than breath. 10 Do not trust in oppression And do not vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. 11 Once God has spoken; Twice I have…

What a Difference You Make! In Ephesians 4, Paul discusses various ministries the grace of God entrust to Christians. Ministries such as evangelists, pastors and teachers. Vs. 16 says, “…from whom [Christ] the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.” The ministry of our Shepherds and Preachers are often more visible than…