Fundamental to everything God created is the need for us to love one another.  It defines who genuinely loves God (Matthew 22:36-40), who is a true disciples of Christ (John 13:34-35), and who walks in the light and who walks in darkness (1 John 1:5-7; 2:9-10). That love determines whether or not our prayers...

Suppose you had been house hunting in a development of new homes, and when you found an empty one you tried to get into it.  If the house was full, occupied by people, you wouldn’t dare try to get in.  That’s exactly what Satan does.  He looks for vacuums.  He looks for empty houses. ...

Relationships can be difficult to the point that we do everything we can to avoid them.  We do our best to find people that we click with, rather than interact with anyone God puts in our path.  I believe this is what Christ had in mind when He said “love your neighbor as yourself.” ...

Does God’s faithfulness surprise you, encourage you, strengthen you, give you hope or does the intensity of trials make you questions whether or not God cares?                 The hymn “Great is Thy Faithfulness” was written by Thomas Chisholm, who was born Lincoln-like in a log cabin in Kentucky.  As a young adult, he was...

Sometimes our worst enemy is our mind.  We have so many thoughts racing through the mind that can create fears that inhibit us, speculations that can send our thoughts in so many directions, thoughts of not being good enough or a lot of persistent problems that can lead some people to feeling depressed and...

Loving those that love us is easy.  What is difficult is loving those who do not love us and may not care for us at all.  The powerful thing is that the greatest reward is derived when “For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have?  Do not even the...

Just for a moment, who would have imagined a tiny invisible virus indiscriminately making our world topsy-turvy. The COVID-19 crisis has brought several hardships; restrictions on usual freedoms, personal and economic-financial challenges, emotional vulnerabilities, thousands of lost loved ones, broken marriages, 24/7 parenting, hospitals overwhelmed, virtual graduations….the list goes on.  Piling on top of...

Why commit to doing good based on the Word of God when evil seems to get worse and God is committed to allowing trials to grow us?  This seems like a never-ending process that can get old very fast. I suspect another way to ask this question is, “Do we want an easy life...

We may know that the Cross and the resurrection of Jesus Christ provide the forgiveness of sins and the blessing of Christ dwelling in our hearts respectively (Titus 3:5-8) – but is that all it means?  If this is all that it means then why would Paul say “Wretched man that I am!  Who...

When people are traveling by plane, and the ride is very smooth, they tend to feel over a long period of time that everything is well until there is turbulence. If turbulence goes for a while, they would say it was not a good flight and they can say that because despite the turbulence...