“The Lord God said: It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suited to him.” (Genesis 2:18) Dear Friends – Right away, in the opening pages of The Bible, we find God discovers after creating a spectacular environment for man to live in, the material world alone would never meet man’s needs. Oh yes, Adam had food, shelter, and work to accomplish, …
“I have seen the Lord!” (John 20:18) Dear Friends – How anxious and exhilarating it must have been for Mary Magdalene to run looking for the Apostles to tell them on that first Easter Morn long ago, that she had actually seen the risen Lord. Her heart must have been pounding as she struggled to breathe and run as fast as possible with the good news that was to …
“No man can pay a price to God for his life. The ransom of his soul is beyond him. He cannot buy life without end, nor avoid coming to the grave.” (Psalm 49:7-9) Dear Friends – The horrific brutality inflicted upon Jesus during His passion and death by crucifixion is upsettingly difficult to read in the Gospel accountings. One of His own disciples betrays Him to the enemy, …
“God does not see as man sees, since man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7) Dear Friends – Our outward appearance conveys very little past our ability to dress appropriately while employing proper grooming habits. We notice the disheveled and wonder if they are homeless. The body language of another squirming in their chair at a public meeting depicts one about to …
“When I found him whom my heart loves, I took hold of him and would not let him go.” (Song of Solomon 3:4) Dear Friends – At a very young age, upon the death of my father, I painfully became aware of the reality and surety of a loving Almighty God. It was revealed to me by another, that while my father was in the hospital recovering from a heart …
“There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved.” (Acts 4:12) Dear Friends – Of all the horrible effects of living through this pandemic brought on with required staying at home, there is included the stress and anxiety over the loss of income, scarcity of necessities, and the possibility of contracting a …
“GOD SO LOVED the world…” (John 3:16) Dear Friends – Our Creator and Heavenly Father, demonstrated His immense capacity for love the moment existence of life began, and it began with a universe so vast, scientists are nowhere near comprehending its complexities, nor are most of them capable of understanding the power of that first cause, an Eternal God. We are told in the opening chapters of Genesis, how Almighty …
Jesus said to her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction.” (Mark 5:21-43) Dear Friends – Jesus unknowingly administered a cure to a woman who suffered hemorrhages for twelve years, and then discovering it, He turned around, and is quick to point out to her that it was her faith that saved her. She had believed that if she could just touch …
“If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he wrongs you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times saying, ‘I am sorry,’ you should forgive him.” (Luke 17:3-4) Dear Friends ~ Pointing out one’s sins to another is not an easy thing to do… in fact, it is one of the hardest things you will ever do because the consequences …
“We love because He first loved us.” (1 John 4:19) Dear Friends – When you are looking for love and someone takes an interest in you and they make the first move, you can’t help but be flattered and so you reciprocate a desire to get to know them to see if a genuine attraction exists. You meet for coffee and chitchat through the essentials until dates and further outings …
“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath,” said Jesus. (Mark 2:27) Dear Friends ~ Creator God, who is our Heavenly Father, is so misconceived by the secular culture as some sort of tyrannical despot who demands obedience to unfair rules, when in reality those rules are mostly for our good, not His! Yes, He requires we acknowledge His Supremacy with respect, and why shouldn’t …
“Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, is not pompous, it is not inflated, It is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick tempered, it does not brood over injury. It bears all things, believes all things, hope all things, endures all things. Faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:4,7,13) Dear …