Worry And Hurry

Scripture “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it!” ~Luke 10:41-42, NLT Quote Three things take time, lots of time: it takes time to be holy, it takes time to mature and it takes time to listen. ~Ya’akov The…

The Gift of Healing

Scripture Anxious fear brings depression, but a life-giving word of encouragement can do wonders to restore joy to the heart. ~Proverbs 12:25, Passion Bible Quote “The soul is healed by being with children.” ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky Small children are innocent and in their innocence, they say and do funny things. Children make us laugh. Jackson…

A Little Humor

Scripture A joyful, cheerful heart brings healing to the body and soul. ~Proverbs 17:22, The Passion Bible Quote data ~source Kent Hughes is a gifted writer but the names he throws around do not impress me at all. He played tennis with Billie Jean King’s husband Larry. Whoopee do, that really makes my day. He…

Following Jesus

Scripture “Where I am going, you will not be able to follow, but one day you will.” ~John 13:36, The Passion Bible Quote By and by, through the shining portals, Turning our feet, We shall walk, with the glad immortals, Heav’n’s golden street. ~Mary B. Slade This is Jesus speaking to His disciples prior to…

The Self-destructive Nature Of Sin

Scripture Those who plot to destroy Me shall descend into the darkness of hell. They will be consumed by their own evil. ~Psalm 63:9-10, The Passion Bible Quote Payday, someday, it is woven into the fabric of the universe. ~R.G. Lee   Perry gave me a book two Sundays back, LETTER TO THE AMERICAN CHURCH,…

Socratic Paradox

Scripture For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. ~1 Corinthians 13:12, LSB Quote “I know that I know nothing.” ~Plato I was laying in bed the other night thinking about…

A Destructive Power

Scripture But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. ~James 3:8, LSB Quote Although it weights only two ounces, the tongue has disproportionate power to determine human destiny. ~Kent Hughes Some of my readers will remember the name Paul Harvey. He was one of the few…

Jehovah Tseh’-dek

Scripture “For the time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will raise up a righteous descendant from King David’s line. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land. And this will be his name: ‘The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’” ~Jeremiah 23:5-6, NLT Quote There is one decisive…

What On Earth Are You Thinking

Scripture Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. ~Philippians 4:8, NLT Quote Believe me the mind today is in profound trouble, perhaps more than ever before. How to order the mind on Christian principles is…

The Performance Trap

Scripture For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God. ~John 12:43, BBE Quote When Jesus is our central focus, contentment replaces our anxiety as well as our fears and insecurities. ~Chuck Swindoll {Wisdom For The Way} Pharisees like Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea had trouble openly declaring their love…