What were your plans six weeks ago? Eating meals, meeting friends at a favorite “hang-out”, weddings, engagements celebrated, buying and selling, planting and building… all normal things in life… life being lived. Then – the world was “hit” with COVID-19 as we were living our lives. All of this was happening in the days of […]
Jesus talked to His disciples, and He is talking to us today!(NASB) Luke 17:22-25 “And He said to His disciples, ‘The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you will not see it.23 ‘They will say to you, ‘Look there! Look here!’ Do […]
The stores are out of toilet paper, hand sanitizer, bleach, and other cleaning supplies. The media headlines cry out to us to inflame our emotions and create anxiety. There is some calm in the midst of the turmoil as well. We are simply encouraged (as we should be) by leadership and experts to wash our […]
Do you like happy endings? Jesus told a true story about two very different men. One was a wealthy man and the other a poor, sore-encrusted man. Both died and they had very different destinations. One was welcomed by Abraham in heaven and the other had torment and was agony in the flames… of hades […]
“Loving others” sounds so – pious. And to others, it sounds trite. It’s really easy to say… yet much harder to do at times, isn’t it? As followers of Christ Jesus, how are we to love others? With an “I’ll pray for you” and get on with our day? Or, we give fluffy words of […]
John 3:16 is a well-known verse. Many have come to understand their need of Jesus as their Savior because of this verse. Follower of Christ ~ You have experienced John 3:16! “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting […]
When you have good news to share, don’t you just have to tell someone?! You are in a hurry to do that, aren’t you? If you have a cell phone… you are on it! If you have a computer… you use it to spread the news you want to share. Shepherds, minding their own business […]
NASB John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.14 ‘You are My friends if you do what I command you.” This is exactly what Jesus did for me! He laid down His life for me when He died on a cross. This is exactly what […]
In a world of turmoil, chaos and hatred seeming to be growing by leaps and bounds. What can we hang onto, cling to and know that it is true? Jesus said,9“As the Father has love me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10If you obey my commands, you will remain in […]
NASB John 15:9-10 “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.10 ‘If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.” Abide means to remain, stay, continueLove as a noun means compassion, devotion […]