"When you practice summer appetite-denying discipline to better concentrate on God, don't make a production out of it. It might turn you into a small-time celebrity (Pharisees and Saducees being experts in this and so does others as well!) But it won't make you a...
John 13:3-5 "Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash...
Psalm 71:9 – Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. (KJV) We were early that very first Sunday morning when my husband Marcelo and I walked into what would become our new church home. Sitting on the back row in her wheelchair,...
I have heard so many times that mothers will do anything for their precious children. I wish it was so…In my teaching days, I knew many unwanted children. One child, for example, who was from a broken family, wasn’t welcome in either parent’s home. Whenever he is in...
"What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn't put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the...
So many people are alone--the young, the old and everyone in between. Depression also knocks on the door with its unspoken, hidden offer to imprison us. Many feel that they have nothing to give, that no one cares about them. And why not? Isn't it true that you are...
Galatians 6:9-10 "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers." NIVCutting,...
