Why Did He Have to Die

  When we are asked the simple question about what the meaning of Easter is or why did Jesus Christ, Immanuel came and died?  What have we been accustomed to reciting as our standard response?  What do hear in every Sunday school report in every church, in every denomination, and at every opportunity?  What is … Continue reading

Following Your Heart

Thus says the Lord, “Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind, Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength, And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord .“For he will be like a shrub in the [parched] desert; And shall not see prosperity when it comes, But shall live in … Continue reading

Children of God

Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. – Matthew 18:3-4 Every day we “adults” get up and go be grown-ups.   In the process we forget.  … Continue reading

Tired and Frustrated

Matthew 11:28-30 28 “Come to Me, all [a]who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is [b]easy and My burden is light.” … Continue reading

Whatever You Do, Do it Right

1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. The Lord meets everyone in the place where we are always found; in our hopes and dreams. Unfortunately, this is the same exact place Satan meets us as well. In this place lays our battlefield. … Continue reading

Sweet Love

Deuteronomy 7:7-8 7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, … Continue reading

Sin and Its Ineffectual Hold

Genesis 3:6, 11 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with … Continue reading