Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 (NASB) Important announcement below.  Please read to the end of this post. We will all face very difficult valley decisions at some point in our lives.  Perhaps you are at that place now.  When trials seem [...]

    For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11 (KJV) Every year, I watch an enormous number of Christmas movies.  I love them.  I have a lot of favorites.  A predominant theme among them is reconciliation between husband and wife, father [...]

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (KJV) Christmas lights, songs and movies are in full display. Gift lists are being checked twice, and shopping is full speed ahead. Church choirs are less [...]

    photo credit: 150hp As a child, I, with my two friends (who were sisters) liked to play house, play store, and even play church.  Now, we had an incredible advantage when we wanted to “play church” because our little church was only a block away from each of our homes.  In those days, [...]

    We will all face very difficult valley decisions at some point in our lives.  Perhaps you are at that place now.  When trials seem too hard to bear or we’re  facing a tough decision, believers seek God’s will.  However, many of us are still left wondering…  What direction do I take? What is [...]

  “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8  (NIV) Where we live we get some pretty “lively” storms. The first thing I do when I know we [...]

  “Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.” I Samuel 18: 1 (NASB) In I Samuel 18:1, we learn of the wonderful close friendship of Jonathan and David.  Both men loved God with all [...]

  We often need to be reminded that God’s Word lays out instructions for “Kingdom Living”.  I am not necessarily talking here about the day to day, hour by hour personal joy-filled living that can be ours – (yet another gift from the Father as long as we belong to Him). I am talking about [...]

“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty;  only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.” Galatians 5:13 (KJV) I have so many good memories…  of times spent at my church, our home; and, many other places… participating, praising and worshipping our Lord! I would love to [...]

  In Max Lucado’s book, “Just Like Jesus” in Chapter Three named “The Touch of God, A Compassionate Heart”, he asks us to look at our hand, “the back and then the palm” and describe what stories our hands could tell about our life. Lucado guides us from infancy to adulthood, asking questions. He’s careful [...]