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MATTHEW 13:45-6 “THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A MERCHANT LOOKING FOR FINE PEARLS. WHEN HE FOUND ONE OF GREAT VALUE, HE WHEN AWAY AND SOLD EVERYTHING HE HAD AN BOUGHT IT.” What is it about the “Kingdom of Heaven” that we would be willing to give everything to attain (like the Pearls)? Jesus directed Read More

ZEPHINIAH 3:7 “THE LORD OUR GOD IS WITH YOU, THE MIGHTY WARRIOR WHO SAVES. HE WILL TAKE GREAT DELIGHT IN YOU;IN HIS LOVE HE WILL NO LONGR REBUKE YOU, BUT WILL REJOICE OVER YOU WITH SINGING.” Our Lord does more than care for you, he “takes GREAT DELIGHT in you.” Scripture mentions the same idea Read More

2 Corinthians 3:3 “You show you are a LETTER FROM CHRIST, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, NOT ON TABLETS OF STONE BUT ON TABLETS OF HUMAN HEARTS. Have you ever thought, if you are a practicing Christian, you are a walking LETTER FROM Read More

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