"The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us." (1 John 1:2, NIV)Captain Cook discovered a volcanic island off the shores of Northern New Zealand, near Whakatane and...
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23, NIV)I have noticed that many grow weary doing the Lord's work. No matter how hard we try for God, it seems we can never do enough. Whether it be witnessing,...
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." (Ps 139:14, NIV2)We all have heard about the ugly duckling. He compared himself to the other ducklings in the nest and found he was different. Since he took a...
"For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate." (Luke 15:24, NIV2)This prodigal son used to be quite an ungrateful lad. He knew better than anyone else and took his dad for granted. No wonder he demanded to...
Something awesome happens when we accept God's love fully and invite Him to be part of our lives: God's Holy Spirit moves in, as confirmed by numerous Bible verses such as:"The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are...
"We love because he first loved us." (1 John 4:19, NIV2)God's Word is filled with love letters. Truly, every book within the Bible contains love letters inspired by God's Holy Spirit Himself. How could it be otherwise, when Jesus willingly died for us on a cross so...
"The Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you." (John 14:17, NIV2)"But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth." (John 16:13,...