God’s Word teaches us that we are dead in trespasses and sin until we are by His grace quickened (made alive) together in Christ (Ephesians 2:1-6) by His resurrection (1 Peter 1:3). It is fitting that our last word beginning with the letter A in our Words of Life A to...
At different times in this life, we tend to forget things ~ a person’s name, an event, directions, etc. The human mind is not always under our own control. As we age, time can take its toll on our memory. As I am nearing my eightieth birthday, losing my memory is not...
The world gives us every reason to despair. What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? Job 6:11 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. Job 7:6 So are the paths of all that forget God;...
A new thought for Filled with Grace ~ Wrapped in Glory. "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" 1 Corinthians 3:16 Christ in you, the hope of Glory (Colossians 1:27) ushers in a new life in...
The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. Isaiah 50:4 The closer Jerry and I come to the riverside, the...
Every search of God’s Word uncovers a treasure. Let us seek to attain to all that He has for us as His people here, now, and forever. The Old Testament uses the word ATTAIN in many references as it pertains to man’s inability to accomplish ~ always falling short of ~...
The words focus, love, and rejoice came clearly from time in prayer, meditation in God’s Word, and in my circumstances. The first word, focus, is included in the title of a book I started a few years ago. Focus, Balance, and Order came during a time when things were...
This being the Lord’s Day, what should our main prayer be? This being the first day of the week, the day our Lord and Savior rose from the dead, to prove His Lordship over all things---for Whom should our prayers be, on this day? “Let the peoples praise thee, O God;...
"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is. Hebrews 10:25 What happens when we neglect corporate worship? A part of the body of Christ is missing. Imagine that one of your fingers separated itself from your body or could decide on...