Scripture: I will not in any way fail you nor leave you without support. I will not, I will not, I will not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake you nor let you down nor relax My hold on you. Assuredly not! (Hebrews 13:5 AMP). Perhaps fifty years ago, when my children were […]
Read More →Scripture: The wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); then it is peace-loving, courteous, considerate, gentle). [It is willing to] yield to reason, full of compassion and good fruits; it is wholehearted and straightforward, impartial and unfeigned (free from doubt, wavering, and insincerity) (James 3:17 AMP). Soon after marrying my husband, I realized […]
Read More →Scripture: Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. (Psalm 32:1 NIV). I ‘ve always loved chocolate, but when I was a small child, we seldom could afford it. Somehow Mama got enough cocoa to bake my brother a birthday cake. It was the best thing I’d ever eaten! I begged for […]
Read More →Scripture: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened (Matthew 7:7-8 NIV). My grandparents, Jim and Ruth Compton, were married in […]
Read More →Scripture: “Open my eyes . . .” (Psalm 119:18 NIV). In 1895, Clara Scott penned this beautiful hymn: Open my eyes, that I may see glimpses of truth Thou hast for me; place in my hands the wonderful key that shall unclasp and set me free. Silently now I wait for Thee, ready my God, Thy […]
Read More →Scripture: Job 38:7—God’s question to Job: Where were you “when the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?” My Prayer: Father, even as You asked Job these humbling questions, You are asking me the same. You are the Creator, the Sustainer, the Rule-maker, the God over All. As I look to […]
Read More →Scripture: The path of the righteous is as the dawning light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day (Proverbs 4:18 ASV). The Amplified Bible adds this wonderful note on Ecclesiastes 4:13. “Christianity calls upon us to make our old age an aspect of youth. There is to be no old age in the […]
Read More →Scripture: “I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing” (John 15:5 MSG).\ My mother could raise tomatoes by the acre. As a child, I helped plant, weed, pick, […]
Read More →Scripture: “Love never fails (1 Corinthians 13:8) NIV. I always read this as meaning, “Love will always eventually produce results.” This week, however, I saw a different interpretation. Like the metal girders that make a bridge hold strong under many millions of automobiles traveling at varied speeds, in all kinds of weather, love must be […]
Read More →Philemon is a “postcard” sent by St. Paul to a wealthy Christian friend whose slave has run away. The letter indicates that Onesimus had probably stole money and supplies from his master, so he was both a thief and a runaway—crimes deserving of death. Sermons based on this short Bible book usually dwell on the […]
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