Luke 2:26 “And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.” A few years ago my husband pruned our holly tree. Boy, did he! I wondered if any of those beautiful red berries would ever Continue Reading…
2 Timothy 4:2 “preach the word; be ready in season and out of season….” Are you telling the good news about Jesus Christ as the Christmas carol admonishes us to do? Statistics reveal 96% of believers will never lead another person to Christ. We seem to lack either the conviction Continue Reading…
Mark 12:44 “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.” You’re probably familiar with Continue Reading…
Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” “Don’t view God as your first priority!” What????? The speaker explained that all too often many believers spend devotional time with God in the morning, then proceed to their next priority of Continue Reading…
Ephesians 5:20 “…giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Thank you. Two simple words. Simple but powerful. Words, according to Harvard Health that will make you happier when you express them. And Psychology Today reports that showing appreciation builds Continue Reading…
John 7:37-38 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” How frustrating to know the supply of water is near Continue Reading…
Nehemiah 2:8 “…And because the gracious hand of my God was on me, the king granted my requests.” [NIV] You have undoubtedly heard of the X factor. The dictionary defines it as “a variable in a situation that significantly impacts the outcome.” A whole music franchise was developed by Simon Continue Reading…
2 Timothy 3:2 “For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,” An article in The New York Times written by a law professor at San Francisco University described divorce as an expression of “radical self-love.” Far from being the Continue Reading…
1 Samuel 30:6 “…But David found strength in the Lord.” The other day I was reading a devotional on “Joy.” To be honest, I wasn’t feelin’ it. My bucket load of concerns had left me depleted, unable to see the world in anything but gray, ashen hues. My mood positioned Continue Reading…
Philippians 3:13-14 “…forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal….” The atmosphere pulsed with electricity. A sea of white shirts and waving pompoms invited football fans to join the frenzied echo of WE ARE…PENN STATE! The white-out game at Beaver Stadium between Continue Reading…