“Whoever sacrifices to any god, except to the Lord alone, shall be utterly destroyed.” (Exodus 22:19) Dear Friends – Humankind has managed over the centuries to create a voluminous amount of gods to be admired and worshiped, all of which are primarily beneficial to one’s own needs and interests. They have supplanted the respect due Almighty God with material idols of fame, fortune, and power, and the means to those …
“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 …
“I could strengthen you with talk, or shake my head with silent lips.” (Job 16:5) Dear Friends – Unmerited suffering is one of the many topics in the Book of Job, and while we know from other books in The Bible, God most definitely has the power to inflict suffering where He deems punishment is deserved, however, it was not so for Job because God knew him to be a …
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10) Dear Friends – An individual with a diseased heart lies at death’s door until a transplant brings new life. Our physical bodies can be renewed in many different ways due to ever-advancing medical technology, however, our spiritual bodies can only be made anew by Almighty God. When our heart is crushed by sorrow, …
“Ah! sinful nation, people laden with wickedness, evil race, corrupt children! They have forsaken the Lord, spurned the Holy One. Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. Come now, let us set things right, says the Lord: Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow.” (Isaiah 1:4, 16-18) Dear Friends – Amazing, that those …
A Greek woman approached Jesus and begged Him to remove the demon from her daughter. “He said to her, Let the children be fed first. For it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs. She replied and said to him, Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s scraps. Then he said to her, For saying this, you may …
Almighty God said: “Let us make man to our image and likeness: and let him have dominion over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts, and the whole earth… God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it and rule…” (Genesis 1:26, 28) Dear Friends – Farmers and backyard gardeners everywhere are reaping their months-long efforts with bountiful …