You are a people set apart as holy to God, your God. God, your God, chose you out of all the people on Earth for himself as a cherished, personal treasure. 7-10 God wasn’t attracted to you and didn’t choose you because you were big and important—the fact is, there was almost nothing to you. […]
Do not remember the past events; pay no attention to things of old. Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Isaiah 43:18-19 Open Your Heart To New Things Family means relationship mixing, as our families open up their borders to envelop new people coming […]
Love is patient; love is kind. Love isn’t envious, doesn’t boast, brag, or strut about. There’s no arrogance in love; it’s never rude, crude, or indecent—it’s not self-absorbed. Love isn’t easily upset. Love doesn’t tally wrongs 6 or celebrate injustice; but truth—yes, truth—is love’s delight! Love puts up with anything and everything that comes along; […]
May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace. Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now. Whenever I pray, I make my requests […]
This is why it is so crucial that we be all the more engaged and attentive to the truths that we have heard so that we do not drift off course. For if the message of the law spoken and confirmed by angels brought a just penalty to every disobedient violation; then how would we […]
He Who Plants Kindness Gathers Love. Quote By — St. Basil Family Prayer For Kindness Kindness. Precious grandkids and all my kids who are very grown up and hate it when I refer to them as kids. But, it is a term of endearment, not a condescending thing, but a kind, love pat of the […]
For here is the way God loved the world—he gave his only, unique Son as a gift. So now everyone who believes in him will never perish but experience everlasting life. “God did not send his Son into the world to judge and condemn the world, but to be its Savior and rescue it! John […]
I was walking around a store in a foreign country amongst people whose language and culture I don’t know, I felt like an outsider, not because they were not friendly, but because I was outside of their culture looking in and did not understand the language or cultural customs. As I walked around the store, […]
Let the dawning day bring me revelation of your tender, unfailing love. Give me light for my path and teach me, for I trust in you. Save me from all my enemies, for I hide myself in you. I just want to obey all you ask of me. So teach me, Lord, for you are […]
The Day After Christmas It is the day after Christmas. The day after… usually you get the doldrums because you have anticipated and waited for something and then it comes and goes. For me, Christmas is not like that. The day after is the same kind of joy and I still have hope and anticipation […]
I Am Grateful For God’s Faithfulness I am so grateful for God’s Presence our lives. He is Here, the greatest Advocate this human race will ever know. Spirit and Truth! He is with us, His Love, His Favor, His Healing, His Powerful Word, His Strength, His Every Day Wisdom, His Discernment, His Peace, His Authority Over the […]
Life Is Good – Life Is Hard Life is good! Life Is Hard… We all have different experiences, but we all have the same Common Denominator, God with us. Our lives are in His Hands, He has the pen and He is writing our life story. Sometimes we snatch the pen and start writing our […]
A Not So Nice Word Exclusion is a word that none of really enjoy experiencing. Sometimes we are left out, not included and it is not intentional, but other times, we are purposefully excluded. Either way, it still makes for a difficult soul trap to avoid. Exclusion is really a nasty trap of the enemy […]
Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being. Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding to him.” So the […]
So this is my command: Love each other deeply, as much as I have loved you. For the greatest love of all is a love that sacrifices all. And this great love is demonstrated when a person sacrifices his life for his friends. “You show that you are my intimate friends when you obey all […]