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IS YOUR POWER CORD UNPLUGGED?

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh:  “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. ROMANS 9:17-18 Remember … Continue reading

ARE YOU A FISHERMAN?

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” MATTHEW 4:19 What is the greatest pleasure you get from fishing? It’s catching fish, isn’t it? When you go fishing with no experience, you find that the fish can be hard to find and difficult to catch. However, you learn … Continue reading

WHO DO YOU LOVE AND BY WHO’S RULES DO YOU LOVE?

“You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor and hate your enemy, I tell you:  Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in Heaven.  He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous … Continue reading

HAVE YOU BEEN “PUT OUT OF YOUR MISERY”?

BIBLE PASSAGE:Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things … Continue reading

WHO IS YOUR “SLAVE MASTER”?

BIBLE PASSAGE:But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. I put this in human terms because of your … Continue reading

DO YOU HAVE A BARNABAS?

BIBLE PASSAGE:“Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.”(Acts 11:25-26) MEDITATION:Have you ever wondered why believers are called … Continue reading

WHERE IS GOD?

“Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.” LAMENTATIONS 3:40 Our society continues to try to fix every problem through tolerance. If we will just agree to allow others to express themselves in whatever way they please, we will become a well-blended and perfect society where noone’s individuality … Continue reading

THINKING ABOUT A NEW HOME?

BIBLE PASSAGE: “Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in Heaven, not built by human hands.” (2 Corinthians 5:1) MEDITATION: Death is not a popular subject for discussion. Most people would rather not think about it, let alone discuss it. … Continue reading

HOW VALUABLE ARE YOU?

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not much more valuable than they?” MATTHEW 6:26 What is your real value? How do you feel about yourself? What is your value in the eyes and opinions … Continue reading

FAITH OF THE BELIEVER.

For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so … Continue reading