Strength during the Storm

"Religious faith is not a storm cellar to which men and womencan flee for refuge from the storms of life. It is instead, aninner spiritual strength which enables them to face thosestorms with hope and serenity." Sam Ervin1 Corinthians 10:13 NLTThe temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is … Continue reading Strength during the Storm

Where is the Love?

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or cancer or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling or being unwanted, uncared for, deserted by everybody. The greatest evil is the lack of love and charity, the terrible indifference towards one's neighbor who lives at the roadside, the victim of exploitation, corruption, poverty, and disease. - Mother Teresa.1 … Continue reading Where is the Love?

True Disciples Walk in Love

We live in a world today where the line is blurred between those who walk by faith in the Lord and those who use our faith to their own advantage and hurt our testimony and cause others to look at us with disdain. As in every group, there is something that identifies one group from … Continue reading True Disciples Walk in Love

Choose God and Discover His Purpose!

Can you imagine what it would be like to wake up in the palace and find out that you belong in the slave quarters? You are eating and drinking with the king while your family members are making bricks in the field. That was Moses' predicament. When he was a baby, Pharaoh's daughter rescued him … Continue reading Choose God and Discover His Purpose!

Flowing from our Hearts

The heart is the seat of our emotions. What can we do to honor God? Pat attention to our hearts. Deuteronomy 6:5 AMP You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and with all your soul and with all your strength [your entire being]. Proverbs 4:23 AMP Watch over your heart with all diligence,For … Continue reading Flowing from our Hearts

Fear the Lord

What does the Bible say about the fear of the Lord? As children of God, we need to fear God and walk in obedience to Him.  How do we do that? We walk in obedience to the word of God. The fear of the Lord Proverbs 8:13 AMP “The [reverent] fear and worshipful awe of the Lord includes the hatred … Continue reading Fear the Lord

The Lord: My Keeper

There are some things that happen in life that would cause you to shake your head in disbelief; you just can’t believe it. I saw an incident like that recently on social media. In this clip, a SUV flew over a priest while he was driving to church. When you view the footage, you realize … Continue reading The Lord: My Keeper

Love God and Do Right

Everyone has an internal system to regulate their behavior called their conscience. It works like so many things in our lives; it responds to the way it’s been trained. If we train our conscience with the Word of God and doing what is right, then we would live lives that honor God. However, if we … Continue reading Love God and Do Right

Walk Humbly Before God

There is a desire in the heart of man to reach out to the Lord, our God. Some of us believe that if we do it correctly that we can offer God something that would please Him. So we compile our items that we think are appropriate and come before God, clothe in our own … Continue reading Walk Humbly Before God

Worshipping Through Service

Pure and unblemished religion [as it is expressed in outward acts] in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit and look after the fatherless and the widows in their distress, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the [secular] world.  James 1:27 AMP In the past two years, many people had to examine their … Continue reading Worshipping Through Service