But Jesus said to them, ‘They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.’ And they said to Him, ‘We have here only five loaves and two fish.’ He said ‘Bring them here to Me.’ – Matthew 14:16-17. One of my first jobs after college...

God is a God of love that is very clear. In John 3:16 the Bible tells us “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” In Romans 5:8 we are told “But God commendeth His love toward us, in...

Yet man is born to trouble. – Job 5:7a. Man who is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. – Job 14:1. A recent letter to a business columnist states: “Recently I messed up a really important project. I’m so embarrassed in front of my co-workers...

This morning 06.14.17 there was a shooting at an Alexandria, Virginia baseball field where there were Congress people and staff practicing for a benefit game. Four people wounded in addition to the terrorist.   In London, last night there was a fire in a 27-story apartment building with at least...

Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God. And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did...

Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them. –...

A certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his livelihood. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country,...

Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, ‘Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing.’ Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark. But Paul insisted...

I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. – John 10:10b. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. – John 3:16. Most assuredly,...

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in...