1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. Between his two tours of duty in Vietnam, my husband lived on the naval base at Oxnard, California. He still vividly remembers the Continue Reading…
Mark 1:14-15 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” I think we can make the gospel too complicated. My husband and I recently visited the Billy Graham Training Continue Reading…
Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. I’m afraid many in today’s culture are suffering from heart disease. Not atrial fibrillation or clogged arteries or endocarditis. I’m talking about our spiritual hearts. The first Continue Reading…
Psalm 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and wonders that he has done. Every summer our two grandsons come for a week-long visit. They live over 300 miles away, so we take these yearly trips seriously. Continue Reading…
Luke 5:18 And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus. The movie, Hacksaw Ridge chronicles the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. It tells the story of Desmond Doss, a combat 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…
Jeremiah 20:9 “If I say, ‘I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,’ there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.” They’re headquartered in an abandoned monastery that Continue Reading…
Acts 19:40 “As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting because of what happened today. In that case we would not be able to account for this commotion, since there is no reason for it.” Those early Christians had no fear of rocking the boat. They Continue Reading…
Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.” Shake, shake, shake; shake, shake, shake; shake your Sensa…. Ever Continue Reading…
Joel 2:25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten” “Dying is hard work,” a friend said to me as I stayed with my dad during his final days on earth. “It’s like childbirth, with its accompanying labor and transitory pain into a new world.” I saw Continue Reading…