Your heart has four chambers which work throughout your lifetime. Your blood is pumped through this amazing organ to every part of your body. Electrical impulses trigger your “˜pump”™. The heart, your heart, is absolutely necessary for you to live. You not only have this physical heart, you also have heart-shaped attitudes. Your attitudes “˜trigger”™ […]
Enduring pain is one kind of suffering ““ watching another having pain that is all consuming is another matter entirely. And when the sufferer is your child ““ most parents would say that they would rather be the one living in that anguish of pain. How can this be dealt with when it happens to […]
God”™s salvation differs from other religions ““ it is inclusive for all who follow Christ; it gives life, never death; it is given by the living God, never by a dead deity. Simeon met Mary and Joseph in the Jerusalem temple and took the baby Jesus into his arms, blessing God. Then Simeon prophesied what […]
A baby boy or girl is a wonder to their parents. Their life is fragile. Two hands can easily hold a baby. Mary and Joseph had taken the baby Jesus to Jerusalem to keep the Mosaic Law. (See Leviticus 12:1-8) While they were in the temple a devout man named Simeon met them. The Holy […]
How I grow older is my choice. Some people become grumpier and cantankerous. Others choose to put on a smile and an attitude that is upbeat. Which one of the above examples will you choose to become? As you grow older, are you becoming more and more a child of God, just and devout in […]
Being a parent is more than changing diapers or handing out money. It is providing God”™s word through your actions to your child(ren). Whether your child is yours by birth, adoption, or marriage; whether your child is one year old, 20 years old, 40 years old or even 60 years old ““ you are still […]
Dictionary meaning of Covenant: 1. A binding agreement made by two or more persons or parties; a compact; contract. 3. Theology. God”™s promises to man, as recorded in the Old and New Testaments. God has made promises to you and to me”¦they are binding agreements and cannot be broken. We should never take God”™s covenants, […]
Once we have received the Good News of great joy, what do we do with it? Do we tactfully and lovingly tell others? Do we show others by our lives and our words that God has made a change in us? Or do we “˜keep quiet”™ because we are afraid of what others will say […]
Before Christ “˜was born”™ into my life ““ my thinking was never on the living God as my Savior”¦how about your thoughts, are they turned to the living God as your Savior? After Christ “˜was born”™ into my life ““ after I received Him as my Savior and “˜was born again”™”¦then I had a “˜hunger”™, […]
What does it take for you to be amazed today? The space shuttle, nuclear powered ships and submarines, computers, blackberries, cell phones, iPods, HD TV, it takes a lot to amaze people today in this High Tech age. Today, many are not “˜amazed”™ by much of anything. Cynicism, doubting, unbelief is the mindset of many. […]