"Don't bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need. This is not a cat-and-mouse, hide-and-seek game we're in." Luke 11:10 (MSG)"Mom, if I can visit my friend Dylan, I will give you 5$."Who in their right mind would respond something like, "5$! That's a deal!"...
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...
What About the Homeless?"Whoever has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his good deed." Proverbs 19:17 (GW) Above all I would like to thank our Heavenly Father for his extraordinary strategies for sending Jesus Christ, Emanuel, His only holy...
Titus 2: 2-5 "Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance. Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what...
"Do what is right and good in the Lord's sight, so that it may go well with you..." (Deuteronomy 6:18a, NIV)Two days ago, we were in Rome. Interestingly enough, no one spoke Italian.We entered a Walmart and took a cart. Oh! l forgot something, and it's not my shipping...
"Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." Galatians 6:2 NIV With more than 2,000 miles to walk, he chose carefully what to put in his backpack. World War II was over, and Earl Shaffer needed to walk it out of his system. He...
This summer my daughter and her husband came to a momentous decision. They purchased a business, here in our small town, and decided to move in with me. Along with them came my 6 month old granddaughter, their two cats and two dogs. This now makes for 4 people, 7 dogs...