Is your heart heavy with a burden for your loved ones who don’t know the Lord?  Is it made that much harder by the fact that they have rebuffed every effort on your part to share Jesus?  Don’t lose hope.  In 1 Corinthians 3:6 Paul said, “I planted the seed, ...

‘This I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.’ Lamentations 3:21-23 When we choose to follow Christ, we make choices. Those choices include how, when, where, and ...

Don’t you dearly adore the ‘is-ness’ of God? In other words, He’s present right now. Emmanuel (God with us) today. Shall we agree with the Psalmist? The Lord IS my shepherd, this hour. The Lord IS my Light and Salvation so I will not fear, this minute. The Lord IS ...

It’s late in the evening and you are finally starting your homework after Facetiming a few friends, oh and turning off Minecraft or World Warcraft. Now it’s time to get serious and get some homework done that you see no point in the first place. You log on to your ...

I remember as a kid pulling up to the bread store and stepping out from the vehicle smelling the waves of freshly cooked bread pouring into the air around me. Knowing that we had the opportunity to eat bread that was freshly baked next door to the store gave me ...

They sat down in the backyard playing with their toys. But then Keith started a conversation and everything went bad. “Wane, instead of giving you, I’m gonna give T.J. my extra transformer action figure because he has none, and you already have two.” “What! But if you give me that ...

Be sure to read part 1 on Setting Boundaries. Setting limits with loved ones is not always easy. Having prodigal children, dysfunctional and toxic, and unbelieving family members can test the most courageous of individuals. It is imperative if one has these types of relationships to learn and apply parameters ...

Most of us, at one time or another, have dealt with challenging headaches that cause us undue grief.   Reportedly, the head is one of the most common sites of pain in our bodies. This pain can range from being a subtle nuisance all the way to debilitating or life threatening.  ...

‘Blessed is he who is kind to the needy.’ Psalm 112:5 If we listen to the whispers and complaints in our society about teenagers, we may come away with a tainted view of them. We will judge them, find fault, blame, mistrust. But our teens are our children, grandchildren, the kid ...

Our founding fathers designed a government of three branches – Executive, Legislative and Judicial — of equal power. Their reason for this system of checks and balances was because they understood human nature and knew that, in time, elected officials would arise that would challenge the system.   We now ...