Putting Your Heart and Soul Into It

Deuteronomy 6:5 tells us: “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” It is a scripture Jesus quoted when asked what is the greatest commandment (Matthew 22:37). But how do you do that? You start by putting God first in your life, […]

Sunday Honor

The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever. Isaiah 40:8 (NASB)

God’s Word is Truth

Sometimes it is hard to trust God, to believe His Word is true. When we feel the weight of the world on our shoulders, it is difficult to believe the words of Jesus: “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light (Matthew 11:29, NASB).” Yet God is faithful. “Know therefore that the LORD […]

Acquiring a Heart for God

Nehemiah teaches us what it takes to have a heart for God. We can sense his longing to make his desires God’s desires. He is someone we can model after.

Prayer Journey—Eternal Righteousness

Dear God, you are eternal. I am temporal. Yet you offer me eternal life through your son Jesus. No status, no position, no power on this earth can compare to your eternal power and the hope you give. Everything on this earth will pass away, but you reign forever and ever. Teach me your righteousness. […]

Sunday Honor

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom. – Psalm 45:6 (NASB)

#2 “You’re Going the Wrong Way!”

2022 Countdown of the top ten most viewed posts. This post was first published March 22, 2022. I grew up in a time when there were no smart phones and no GPS. Everyone relied on paper maps to find the best route to their destination. Sometimes the map did not make sense and you found […]

#5 Eternal Fruit

As our faith grows, as we learn more about God, we also learn more about our true purpose…

New Year, New Things

And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” Then He said to me, “ It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts […]

#7 Constructing Silence

2022 Countdown of the top ten most viewed posts. This post was first published May 31, 2022. The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built. – 1 Kings […]