Life Goes On
But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. Then they said to...
Facing Fear – With Fear
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, on Shigionoth. O LORD, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years! – Habakkuk 3:1-2a. When I heard, my body trembled; my lips quivered at the voice; rottenness entered my bones; and...
Facing Fear – Absolute Faith
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. – Isaiah 41:10. Today there is another reason for fear, in addition to the approach of...
Clear Consciences
Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, but he who gathers by labor will increase. – Proverbs 13:11. When I was about five or six years old I was on a rare shopping trip with my mother. We were in a clothing store (Anthony’s) when I saw a $20.00...
Just A Little Fire
See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell....
When Things Go “Bump” In The Night
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. – 2 Timothy 1:7. And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all...
Love Maintenance
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. – 1 John 2:19. And they continued steadfastly in...
A Grenade Proof Faith
For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day. – 2 Timothy 1:12. BMW has a new offering for those who...
The High Cost Of Rage
A wise man fears and departs from evil, but a fool rages and is self-confident. – Proverbs 14:16. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and...
The Advocate
My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. – 1 John 2:1. When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him...