Romans 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. There is so much going on in the World today; wars, natural disasters, corrupt governments, persecutions, death, etc. Then when you add personal events like job loss, financial difficulties, health issues, relationship problems, death of a loved one, etc. IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING. …
Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Prior to moving to Florida in the late 1980s for a job, I asked God …
James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. Imagine if two people prayed for the same thing. Then four. Eight. Sixteen. Then hundreds and thousands. What if tens of thousands prayed for the …
Zechariah 4:6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty. This is a really hard concept to understand and to live by. We live in a world that is filled with “self-help” books, articles; how-to …
Psalm 107:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; His love endures forever. Our love does not compare to God’s love. Many times we love people based on looks, personality, what they can do for us, their money, etc. But God’s love is different; it’s known as Agape love –selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love. A good description …
Isaiah 28:23 Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say. You don’t need a pastor, nor a priest, or even a rabbi to tell you what God is saying. God speaks through His Word – the Bible. There have been numerous times that when I read a verse or a passage of scripture …
Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Prayer is simply talking with God. It’s like communicating with your spouse or your best friend; it can be done in public or in private, it can be verbal or non-verbal, it …
Isaiah 43:19 Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,rivers in the desert. Things are happening. Can you feel it? God is moving…but…you wouldn’t know it by watching tv. Daily, I’m reading, hearing and watching powerful demonstrations …
Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” The God who I’ve giving my heart to created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1); created us – male and female (Genesis 1:27); provided a way of escape for the Israelites by parting the Red …
Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. For many Christians God is not first…or even second or third in their lives. He is a distant fourth. Some know every statistic about a particular football or baseball team but can’t even …