Category: Christianity

  • “Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: ‘I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.’” ~Isaiah 44:6b NASB Good morning!! So…what, or who…is in my “god” seat?  What is it that is adored most, thought about most, hoped for…

  • Good morning!!  “He (Jesus) entered Jericho and was passing through.  And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich.  Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was…”  Luke 19:1-3a I don’t have a whole lot to write…just this thought today… Am I trying…

  • Good Morning!! So, this morning, I’m wondering… when we pray, are we getting ~Up Close and Personal~ with God? Are we intimate with the One we are approaching? Here’s the verse I looked at…the conversation {or prayer} that Jesus had with His Father in the Garden of Gethsemane.  In the verse we’re going to look at…Mark 14:36… …His soul…

  • Persist & Cling

      Good morning!  “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding…

  • Good morning!! “And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” ~Hebrews 6:11-12~ Sluggish. slow, dull, slothful; lazy, inert, listless (lackadaisical). In…

  • Good morning! There are “those days”…you know… …when teenagers are grumpy… …when pre-teens have attitudes… …when little boys have broken hearts that we can’t fix… …when toddlers are whiny… …when husbands have bad days on the day that it’s supposed to be our bad day and we just need a shoulder. And just when you think…

  • Good morning!! I’m so thankful this morning that… “The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.” (Psalm 103:8) ~This is our God…slow to anger and ABOUNDING in lovingkindness.~ “Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance?  You do not stay…

  • Good morning!! Guess what? “YOU (and I) are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house.  In the same way,…

  • Good morning!! Ok, so let’s face it.  Today, we will face temptations.  Whether it’s the temptation to binge on unhealthy food, or the temptation to gossip, or the temptation to harbor bitterness and resentment in our hearts…the list goes on and on…but one thing is sure, temptations will come. What if we went into today…

  • Good morning! “Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10) Today will be crazy!  We are just in this season of having to sprint…