Time To Wake Up

Scripture This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. ~Romans 13:11, NLT Quote The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up, get up and get started. ~Paul Valery…

Memory Is Precious

Scripture I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done. ~Psalms 143:4, NLT Quote My memory is so bad I could plan my own surprise party. ~Ya’akov I had some unusual things happen yesterday at Mavis COLS. When we came back to the church for the…

God Is Good

Scripture “Has anyone ever given anything to God, so that God has to pay him back?” ~Romans 11:35 (Job 41:11) Quote No one ever received anything from God on the grounds of merit. God gives because God is good. He is the source of everything. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer Every thing is grace. There is universal grace, God makes…

Our Debt

Scripture What can I offer the LORD for all he has done for me? ~Psalms 116:12, NLT Quote As Christian… We do not think God will love us because we are good but that God will make us good because He loves us. ~C.S. Lewis In Psalm 116 David is overwhelmed by God’s infinite goodness to him personally.…

A New Years Resolution

Scripture God’s gifts of grace come in many forms. Each of you has received a gift in order to serve others. You should use it faithfully. ~I Peter 4:10, NIrV Quote Your talents, abilities and spiritual gifts are God’s gift to you. Using these gifts to benefit others is your gift to God. ~Ya’akov As…

Visions

Scripture ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Holy Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will have dreams. ~Acts 2:17, NIrV Quote There is a thin line that separates laughter from pain, comedy from tragedy, and humor from…

The Plain Truth

Scripture The truth about God is plain to them. God has made it plain. ~Romans 1:19, NIrV Quote There is within the human mind, and indeed by natural instinct, an awareness of God. ~John Calvin You know there is a God, you have always known and no matter how much pressure our secular culture puts on…

Praise That Matters

Scripture The praise that matters…does not come from other people. It comes from God. ~Romans 2:29, NIrV, 2014 Edition Quote By God’s grace, I am learning to ignore the crowd and play to an audience of One. ~Kirk Cameron In his book WHAT GOD THINKS WHEN WE FAIL, Steven C. Roy tells a fictional story about…

Too Good To Be True

Scripture But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. ~I Timothy 6:9, NASB Quote He who is greedy, is always in want (and never satisfied). ~Horace Bob and Sarah Chew worked hard and saved well. After living…

Racism

Scripture Jesus told her, “First I should feed the children—my own family, the Jews. It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.” ~Mark 7:27, NLT Quote Life itself is ironic. It takes sorrow to know joy; pain to be grateful for pleasure; noise to appreciate silence and loneliness…