Phil.1:3-8 “I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident o...  Read More

James 1:12-18 (NIV) “When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone, but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their ...  Read More

Some years ago in Alaska, while driving through a terrible snowstorm at night, I was  traveling down a steep grade where my road intersected with another. When arriving at the intersection I intended ...  Read More

Jas.1:2-8 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its wor...  Read More

Mk.9:17-24 A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the...  Read More

Ps.27:13-14 “I would have fainted except I believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.  Wait on the Lord; be of good courage and strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lor...  Read More

Ps.27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid?Fear has an amazing impact on our life. When it finds entrance into...  Read More

Lam. 3:19-26 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is down cast within me. Yet then I call to mind and therefore I have hope. Becaus...  Read More

One thing is certain, when you observe our world, there is certainly no absence of pain. It is all around us, suffering of all kinds. It is part of being human. We can thank Adam and Eve for that. It ...  Read More

A good sports coach will regularly drill their team to master the basics in their particular sport, because it is so easy to let the basics drift away through presumption and lack of application. We t...  Read More

I remember the early years of raising children. One of our kids struggled with frequent terrifying dreams and nightmares. There were many nights when prayers were lifted while cuddling and comforting ...  Read More

Eph.1: (KJV) “to the praise for the glory of his grace, wherein he hast made us accepted in the beloved”.  The word grace means “to indue with special honor – to make accepted or to be highly...  Read More