"So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness." (Colossians 2:6-7 NIV)In this series, I have been telling...
Recently, I stepped onto my balcony and looked down just as a toddler ran into his father's arms. The youngster registered a big smile as his loving parent picked him up and gave him a big hug.This was so encouraging because I had just been listening to a television...
"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. " (1 John 4:7 ESV)I was sitting at a table eating a chicken salad sandwich. I wasn’t really hungry but I was supposed to sit a bit and eat something to...
As I stumble through this life,help me to create more laughter than tears,dispense more cheer than gloom,spread more cheer than despair. Never let me become so indifferent,that I will fail to see the wonders in the eyes of a child,or the twinkle in the eyes of the...
Yesterday I paused outside the deli in my office building to let pass a rather harried looking mother pushing a stroller loaded with a variety of shoulder bags and a small little girl.My mind was elsewhere and I never actually saw what caused it, but halfway through...
Any serious Christian wants those they care about to come to know the Lord, but how do you go about this? So many are closed to preaching of the gospel. Many, even from other religious backgrounds, have become “secularized”, and much of what is going on in the world...
1 Chronicles 16:34 "Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!" ESVLeviticus 19:34 "You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as a native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the...