January 12, 2024
Matthew 16:5–6 (NKJV) — 5 Now when His disciples had come to the otherside, they had forgotten to take bread. 6 Then Jesus said to them, “Takeheed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”In John 8:32 Jesus said, “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shallmake you free.”I thank […]
January 11, 2024
Matthew 19:23 (NKJV) — 23 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Assuredly, Isay to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.Jesus is not saying it is impossible for a rich man to enter the kingdom ofHeaven. What is wealth? Maybe the important question is what is it […]
January 10, 2024
Psalm 40:8, “I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within myheart.”Where do we find the greatest example of doing God’s will. David genuinelyexpressed his heartfelt desire to fulfill God’s will for his life.The law of God laid within his heart. David willingly obeyed God from hisheart.What God calls us […]
January 9, 2023
(I write this in the darkness of a storm brewing outside. I am so thankful fora portable generator that allows me to read the Word of Christ and write mythoughts about His Word.)Philippians 1:12 (NKJV) — 12 But I want you to know, brethren, that thethings which happened to me have actually turned out for […]
January 8, 2024
Proverbs 22:6, “Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is oldhe will not depart from it.”We were taught this verse as a promise to good parents that spiritualnurture ultimately would assure their children to live godly lives. Asimportant as this verse is, it is not an assurance our children […]
January 6, 2024
Psalm 90:10 (NKJV) — 10 The days of our lives are seventy years; And if byreason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor andsorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.I know Who Holds TomorrowI don’t know about tomorrow,I just live from day to day.I don’t borrow […]
January 5, 2024
Matthew 16:24–26 (NKJV) — 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyonedesires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, andfollow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoeverloses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what profit is it […]
January 4, 2024
Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV) — 6 Train up a child in the way he should go, Andwhen he is old he will not depart from it.Where does discipleship begin?Deuteronomy 6:5–9 “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart,with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6 “And these words which Icommand you […]
January 3, 2023
Acts 1:8 (NKJV) — 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit hascome upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in allJudea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”I own 3 lawn mowers. One is a riding lawn mower that I did not use lastyear. Everything […]
January 2, 2024
Matthew 16:24 (NKJV) — 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyonedesires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, andfollow Me.There is no partial acceptance of Christ in a person’s life. It is either all ornothing.Jesus in coming to us in the form of a man came giving […]