As you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children, that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. (I Thessalonians 2:11-12, NKJV) Today is Father’s Day in various nations of the world. Although…
Not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. (Romans 12:11, NKJV) When a friend began his first job in a small family restaurant, the owner, who was training him, gave some wise words of instruction. “If you keep the corners clean, the middle will take care of itself.”…
Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul. (Psalm 66:16, NKJV) Everyone has a story to tell. I have mine; you have yours. And each of our life stories is different because God found us in different places at different…
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel. (Proverbs 27:9, ESV) A group of friends came over recently, something we hadn’t done for quite a while because of the pandemic. Even though I was the hostess, I think I can…
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. (Psalm 37:7, NKJV) I have an acquaintance who gets a little upset when God doesn’t zap (her word) someone she…
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. (I Peter 5:10, ESV) Today I discovered a “fact” I had heard for many years is not true at…
“Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding” (Proverbs 23:23). Truth according to Merriam-Webster is sincerity in action, character, and utterance. The state of being the case: fact (2): the body of real things, events, and facts: actuality (3) often capitalized: a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality.…
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.” Hebrews 13:3 Do you get up in the middle of the night when it is dark and you are half asleep? I have. Most nights I make it…
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares” (Hebrews 13:2). The writer of the Hebrews understood the implications of treating everybody as if… To be entertained can mean to amuse or provide amusement, here however, the writer was cautioning us not to forget the importance…