“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:” Ecclesiastes 3:1 During winter, the ground is dormant and nothing is growing. Everything looks dead and dry. But, in the spring it all comes back to life. Many people don’t like the winter because…
“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience:” (Ephesians 5:3). During our lifetime, we will face tribulation. We don’t like it, but it does make us stronger. You may have heard the saying, “Don’t pray for patience, it brings tribulation!” In order to…
“Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean” (2 Kings 5:14). In 2 Kings Chapter 5, we read the account of…
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” (Psalm 119:105). Years ago, if you planned a trip somewhere, you would go to the store and buy a map. There were maps just for a particular state or an atlas that had all the states…
“Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set” (Proverbs 22:28 KJV). Watching beautiful flames in the fireplace one evening found me sharing time with family and friends who have had a godly influence in my life. We were reminiscing the precious truths we were taught from the beginning…
Your attachment to your wishful thinking, longings, and ideas of fairness can trap you in cycles of pointless longing and despair. Ac-cep-tance n- willingness to believe that something is true. -the realization of a fact or truth resulting in somebody’s coming to terms with it. -the tolerating of something without…
If you are anything like me, we tend to get impatient. I sometimes get road rage. Then there are those times that I wonder why God hasn’t answered the prayer that I prayed. If we are exercising our faith properly, patience is a natural by-product. Those two things, FAITH + PATIENCE…
“And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” (2 Timothy 4:4) Growing up, most of us read fairy tale stories. There are stories of princesses saved by their heroes, stories of mythical creatures and lands, etc. Some of us loved reading those type…
“And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.” (2 Kings 6:6) In 2 Kings 6, we read about Elisha and his men trying to decide where to go…