…but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.   Philippians 3:13-14 Most of us have spoken words in haste that we wish we had never said or made a decision we… Read more

“Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” For thus says the LORD God of Israel…  Jeremiah 33;3-4a God Most High hears our prayers. Even though He is infinitely above all, He allows us to come before Him in prayer, and He… Read more

Give us this day our daily bread.       Matthew 6:11  NAS It is the Lord who freely bestows everything we need. Most of us would agree with that in conversation, but is it a genuinely heartfelt belief? Nothing comes by chance. Whether our provision comes by our own work, as a gift, an inheritance, or donation, it is… Read more

“And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” says the Lord Almighty.  2 Corinthians 6:18  (NAS) The Lord of all creation has promised fatherhood to us as Christ followers, and we can trust His Word; we can count on His loving care. Nothing He asks us to do… Read more

Consider the lilies and wildflowers, how they grow [in the open field}. They neither labor nor spin [wool to make clothing]; yet I tell you not even Solomon in all his glory and splendor dressed himself like one of these.   Luke 12:27 (AMP) Once again, the Lord uses a parable to teach His followers. Luke writes… Read more

So then just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.   Col 2:6-7 (NIV) I love to read the words “rooted and built up in Him”- especially at this time of year.… Read more

Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. Matthew 13: 24-25 (NIV)  The Son of Man will send out HIs angels, and they will weed out… Read more

But the seed in the good ground – these are the ones who, having heard the word with an honest and good heart, hold on to it and by enduring, bear fruit.   Luke 8:15 (HCSB) This parable is familiar to many of us, but how does it apply to you and me?  The seed is the Word… Read more

“The LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He placed the man He had formed.” Genesis 2:8 (CSB)  “The LORD God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.”  Gen. 2:15 (CSB) Don’t you love a garden in Spring? Leaves on… Read more

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.  Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in Heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matthew 5:11-12) Jesus reminds us in Matthew 5:11-12 that when we… Read more