Soon the year 2011 will come to an end. For most people it has been a difficult and challenging year. And what of the new year to come? What is your’s and my expectation for 2012. Will it be another year like 2011? Or will 2012 be better; much batter? Yes, 2012 could be our […]

…everything shall live wherever the river flows. Ezekiel 47:9 Jesus told us in John 10:10, “The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.” What then is the key to experiencing this abundant life that Jesus came to bring us? I think it […]

Oh give thanks to the LORD; for he is good; For his loving kindness endures forever. 1Chronicles 16:34 With the approach of the holiday season many are reminded of the opportunity to gather to give thanks to God for his goodness and for all the things he was done for us this year. But why […]

Should we go passively through life, going with its daily ups and downs, letting circumstances control our emotions? Should we react with anger when faced with mistreatment, criticism or abuse? Or should we respond in a different manner. The writer of Proverbs seems to feel that the attitude that we maintain has a direct effect […]

Recently several news organizations have been suggesting that the institution of marriage is obsolete. But, I do not think they really know what they are talking about because the problems we see taking place in society are more symptomatic of faults and character deficiencies that are spiritual in nature. We could say that such an […]

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? If you have not been faithful in that which […]

Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As The LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. The word of the LORD came to him, saying, Get you hence, and turn you eastward, […]

Have you given much thought about your destiny? How would you answer these questions: What is my reason for being? What was I put on this earth to accomplish? For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says The LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your […]

Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. As they worshiped the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I […]

Setbacks, loses, disappointments and failures, these things take place in each of our lives. No one is immune to such circumstances. But when we maintain an attitude of knowing that God is our source we recognize that we never have to give in to these feelings of discouragement or depression. We never have to give […]