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JOHN 14:27 “PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU; MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU. I DO NOT GIVE TO YOU AS THE WORLD GIVES. DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED AND DO NOT BE AFRAID.” Jesus here offers what, to me, is his most awesome gift bar none, PEACE. Regardless of what happens to me, Read More

JOHN 8:12 “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. WHOEVER FOLLOWS ME WILL NEVER WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT WILL SEE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.” In darkness you stumble and fall often. You also miss out on enjoying the beauty around you. Following Jesus I found both. I make far fewer mistakes with decisions and second Read More

EPHESIANS 1:3 “BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO HAS BLESSED US IN CHRIST WITH EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES.” I find I need to remind myself as the Bible writer, Paul, does here. Too often I forget some of the things I truly am grateful for. What Read More

PSALM 36:7,9 “HOW PRECIOUS IS YOUR UNFAILING LOVE…FOR WITH YOU IS THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE; IN YOUR LIGHT WE SEE LIGHT.” The psalmist frequently mediates on how dependent all of us are on God’s love. I contend that while one can have a decent life without God, since we are made in God’s image, the Read More

ROMANS 8:35,37 “WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST? SHALL TROUBLE OR HARDSHIP OR PERSECUTION OR FAMINE OR DANGER OR SWORD? …NO, IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM WHO LOVED US.” Through the ages, countless numbers have testified that knowing and feeling Christ’s love have carried them through Read More

1 Corinthians 2:9,10 “IT IS WRITTEN: NO EYE HAS SEEN, NO EAR HAS HEARD, NO MIND HAS CONCEIVED WHAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM. BUT GOD HAS REVEALED IT TO US BY HIS SPIRIT.”    How blessed  we are to have such a hope.

JOHN 3:19 “THIS IS THE VERDICT. LIGHT HAS COME INTO THE WORLD, BUT PEOPLE LOVED THE DARKNESS INSTEAD OF THE LIGHT.” At first blush this seems incredible. Why would people ever choose closing their eyes to the true state of their affairs? The reality is that DARKNESS is easier to live with in the SHORT-RUN. Read More

COLOSSIANS 3:15 “LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST RULE IN YOUR HEARTS, SINCE AS MEMBERS OF ONE BODY YOU WERE CALLED TO PEACE. AND BE THANKFUL.” This verse provides a possible New Years Resolution to work toward, THE PEACE OF CHRIST. That Peace is the quality that brings tranquility, serenity and composure to life, just the Read More

  JOHN 1:9 “THE TRUE LIGHT THAT GIVES LIGHT TO EVERYONE WAS COMING INTO THE WORLD.” This is the season where we are reminded of the coming of the “TRUE LIGHT,” Jesus. While physical light brightens our sight and reveals things that darkness covers, spiritual and mental light does much more. No different than the Read More

ROMANS 13:12 “THE NIGHT IS NEARLY OVER, THE DAY IS ALMOST HERE. SO LET US PUT ASIDE THE DEEDS OF DARKNESS AND PUT ON THE ARMOR OF LIGHT.” This is the attitude of BELIEVERS that keeps us going. Whatever we’re EXPERIENCING, “The worst is almost over, the light of day is about to smile upon Read More