The Process

Scripture It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes. ~Psalm 119:71, NASB Quote “Healing is a matter of time.” ~Hippocrates Hippocrates was a Greek physician and considered by many to be the Father of Medicine. He lived some 400 years before Christ and was a contemporary with Socrates,…

Dismiss Your Fears

Scripture But the angel said to the women, “As for you, dismiss your fears, I know that it is Jesus you are looking for.” Matthew 28:4, Weymouth Quote Worry is a spasm of the emotions: the mind catches hold of something and will not let it go. ~Chuck Swindoll Worry, dread and fear can cause…

The Wonderful Word

Scripture “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: People from nations and cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem. ~Zechariah 8:21, NLT Quote Ultimately, all prophecy is fulfilled in Christ. ~Ya’akov We have to be careful not to fall into the same pit as our Jewish and Catholic friends. We don’t worship…

Who Wants To Be Holy?

Scripture Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. ~1 Peter 1:14-15, NLT Quote Holiness is not being nice and it is not polish. ~Eugene L.…

Greed Is Not Your Friend

Scripture The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons. ~Luke 15:12, NLT Quote I was greedy for another persons loss. ~Augustine {My Confessions, Book II, 9.17} In his youth Augustine ran with a company of…

The Mystery Of Prayer

Scripture Even you then, imperfect as you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him. ~Matthew 7:11, Weymouth Quote Prayer is our native language. ~Eugene L. Peterson Prayer is so simple that a child can pray. It…

Slow Down, You Move Too Fast

Scripture As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us his mercy. ~Psalm 123:2, NIV Quote When you are in a rush; give consideration to one question–“What am…

Darkness And Light

Scripture The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. ~John 1:5, NLT Quote If we don’t fill our minds with God’s truth, we can easily succumb to the the lies and fears that the world throws at us. ~Billy Graham Technically, there is no such thing as darkness. Darkness is merely…

Eighth Day Baptist

Scripture But now Christ is risen from the dead and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. ~1 Corinthians 15:20, NKJV Quote The eighth day is the day after the end…the new beginning. ~Jonathan Cahn Jesus was crucified on Passover and Passover is connected to the feast of unleavened bread. At the end…

Remember The Kingfisher

Scripture There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears. ~Philippians 1:6, MSG Quote The sanctification of a believer is a messy and lengthily process marked…