This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. -1 John 3:16 I was chatting with a dear friend a few days ago and we were discussing a situation that was difficult for the family involved. As we talked, we...
Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. -Psalm 47:1 I am blessed to have the most wonderful delivery service in the world. I don't know if you have experienced something like this, to meet someone who speaks...
You word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. -Psalm 119:105 Mojo, my sweet Mojo and I were walking this morning, and as we walked through the streets in vast need of repair, he was hardly looking at where he was stepping...
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. —Psalm 143:10 (NIV) Too many cooks can spoil the broth. I haven’t heard that in a while. This is a saying that I heard quite often...
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you. —Psalm 139:17–18 (NIV) Just the other day, I decided that...
Now they (the disciples) know that everything You (God) have given Me (Jesus) comes from You. For I gave them the words You gave Me, and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me...
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. —Hebrews 4: 16 (NIV) I love to go to a children’s game place with my grandchildren...
This is love; not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. —1 John 4:10 (NIV) Several years ago, our son took me on a trip to the East Coast to see the leaves in the early...
… let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith…. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. —Hebrews 10:22–23 (NIV) I never cease to be amazed at my cell...
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. —Romans 15:13 (NIV) I have heard of trust funds all of my life, even though I am not...