Dear friends, Got any secrets? If so, who are you keeping them from? God would be a poor choice as He knows your thoughts before you think them, your words before you speak them, your deeds before you do them and your choices before you make them. A secret is something kept from knowledge or…
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Dear friends, You can’t escape! It is an impossibility! You may think you can, but I am telling you that you don’t stand “a ghost of a chance!” Paul in our study in Philippians deals with a lot of “certainties.” Here is one what every person who has ever lived will participate in: “So that…
Dear friends, On the 16th of this month early in the morning Patty and I read Psalm 16. It is a Psalm of king David entitled, “The LORD the Psalmist’s Portion in Life and Deliverer in Death.” Bottom line – we need Him in life and we certainly will need Him when we take our…
Dear friends, For many of us it is time to put away all the Christmas decorations and take one last look at the various Christmas cards we received from friends far and wide. I have a great deal of affection for these friends and family members, and I long to be with them on a…
Dear friends, Will 2019 be an “unhappy or happy new year?” I am not a prophet so I am not making any predictions for you or for me. I can confidently say however that if you are a “Jesus follower” 2019 can be a joy-filled year! If you looked up joy in the dictionary you…
Dear friends, Christmas Eve is the most common day of the year to suffer a heart attack, researchers have found. A study done in Sweden over 16 years compared the dates and times of 280,000 heart attacks. They found heart attacks peaked at 10 pm on December 24. The researchers, led by experts at the…
Dear friends, I was just doing a perusal of my book shelf looking for this title, “Running on Empty!” Empty as an adjective means containing nothing, depleted or not occupied. We all understand that it would take a miracle for a car to run without any fuel. Thus we check our gas gauge to see…
Dear friends, “Whatever happens, give thanks, because it is God’s will in Christ Jesus that you do this” Are you a thankful person? King David said that he praised the Lord 7 times a day. Gratitude must be one of the healthiest human emotions that one can experience in this fallen world. Webster says that…
Dear friends, How many expectations are there going into marriage – can you count that high? Do those of you who have children, “expect” anything from them? How about you grandparents – any hopes and dreams for your grandchildren? What does God expect from you? The question is not new and God’s answer to that…
Dear friends, Are you sick? Sick and tired of the status quo? Have you been thinking that there must be something more? Is your life full but not fulfilling? Is there a haunting hollowness inside? Our pursuit of personal fulfillment and significance goes far beyond what Silicon Valley has to offer. When God said, “It…