In reading "Our Daily Bread" the other day, entitled "His Peace", I was reminded of how much of us worry about everything in our lives today. We worry about our jobs, our finances, our families, and the chaos in the world today. And sometimes we even worry about our "worrying" too much. But our true and only peace can only be found in God, and God alone. As stated in chapter 26, in the Book of Isaiah: Isaiah 26: 3-4 (NIV) You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are s

During a past visit at my mother house with my two children, my mother shared some great stories about her older brother who loved the Lord and served Him unconditionally. My mother told us stories of my Uncle Pete, who would be laying on the floor watching television and suddenly, he would get a prompting from God on his feet. This prompting my uncle fully recognized as God's calling and that it was time for him to get up and go and serve God wherever He would send him. My u

In reading the message on March 04th, in "Our Daily Bread" entitled "Unshakable Faith", I was reminded of where our treasure is being kept as God's children. Are we laying up all our treasure here on earth for ourselves, or are we focused more on doing God's work here on earth so that our treasures in heaven are greatly multiplied? The Question is this: Is the majority of what we are doing here on earth for the kingdom of God or are we doing everything for our own selfish gai

In today's world our circumstances can sometimes become too heavy to endure, or to carry. The weight of our burdens can become unbearable at times. We cry out to God and wait for an answer, but at times His answer does not seem to come in time, or we get a different answer than we expected. What do we do at times like these? Do we scream out louder at God? Do we curl into a ball and cry uncontrollably, or do we come to accept our bad circumstances as they are and give up, and

In a message in "Our Daily Bread", I was reminded in the Book of Isaiah that God is always with us. He will not leave us or abandon us. It is we who abandon God during our everyday circumstances. During our busy lives we go about doing the things we need to do such as going to work, taking care of our family, and building our financial security. All this is good, but where is God in our busy lives? It is not until the bottom falls out from underneath us that we cry out to God

As little children, we are so trusting and believing in our parents to provide and protect us. But as we grow older, we begin to lose that innocence of trust. We begin to think we can do things by ourselves. We say to ourselves: "I can take care of myself now". There lies the problem as we become "children of God". God wants us to have that "child-like" trust in Him as we did as little children to our parents. Matthew 18: 3 (NIV) And He said: “Truly I tell you, unless you cha

Isaiah 55: 8 (NKJV) "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. In reading the story of Joseph in the Book of Genesis over the last couple of days, I was reminded of how God works in mysterious ways in our lives. God allows certain circumstances to come into our lives that we may see as bad, but God means them for our good. Joseph's story is the ultimate of "of bad circumstances" that could happen to a person. Joseph was hated by his ol

I was reminded recently that the battle we struggle with daily, is a "Battle of the Heart". Whether we want to admit it or not, there is a spiritual battle all around us, all the time. Our battle is not against each other. There is a constant battle going on for our soul. God created us to have a personal relationship with Him. But the only way to have that relationship is to come to recognize that our salvation is in His son, Jesus Christ, in what He did for us on the cross.

As we begin this new year let us remember no matter what lies before us, the Lord will always be with us. Let us keep our hearts always surrendered to Him. Isaiah 43: 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.

As we come to end the year 2021, many of us can look back and say that this has been a difficult and tumultuous year. But before we leave this year behind us, let us thank God for His continued love and grace He has shown throughout these past twelve months. Even though times were hard, His hand was always upon us. In reading God's word in the Book of Revelation, the Holy Spirit has highlighted the following two verses for us to enjoy: Revelation 22: 16- 17 “I, Jesus, have se

Psalm 23 (NIV) The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, 3 He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows. 6 Surely your goodness and

In today's reading of "Our Daily Bread" entitled; "Beautifully Broken", I am reminded of our God who is in the business of fixing broken vessels, us. Many times, in our lives we feel broken and believe that we are "unfixable". But that is so not true. We worship a God of mercy, grace, and most of all, "great love". His love is everlasting and never fails. But all He ask of us is to come before Him with a "broken heart" and lay down our burdens at His feet. Many times, we want

I am reminded of a story told by a pastor long ago about why God calls His people sheep. As this pastor told the story, he said that sheep are not the brightest animals on the earth. And as you think about people in general, we are not the brightest when it comes to understanding God's ways and His direction for our lives. Many people will follow and believe anything they are told or hear. We just accept it as gospel truth without any research or evidence. People will create

As we go through trials, I am sure we sometimes wonder what God is doing in our lives. I am sure we may even question God for what He is doing, I know I do at times. But we have a great God who is "all-knowing" and "always present' in our lives. In the book of 2 Corinthians, the Apostle Paul opens his letter to the Corinthians with the following: 2 Corinthians 1: 3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

In "Our Daily Bread", entitled, "False Confidence", the subject speaks about our false confidence that we can build up in ourselves based on different disciplines we have come to learn to practice in our life. These types of learned practices can lead us to becoming over-confident in ourselves, which in turn can lead us into judging others on how we are becoming. The writer uses an example of a person who received a stern talk from their physician regarding their health and

What is faith? If we were to ask a handful of people, I am sure we would produce many different answers. But the walk in the life of a Christian is much different than the world's point of view. Our faith as Christians, is not a blind faith, it is faith in God, the God of this universe. In the Book of Hebrews in chapter 11 verse 3, says the following: "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visib

When we are facing difficult and unyielding circumstances...many times these circumstances can affect our belief or faith that God is still working in our lives. It becomes very difficult when we are in the middle of these trials, to see God at work in our lives. Our faith and belief in God are challenged to the core of our very being at times. It is during these tough times that we must come to trust God and believe that He is with us. We should not rely on our feelings to b

In the Book of Matthew in Chapter 22, Jesus shares a few parables to the spiritual leaders of His time. They were constantly trying to trap Him in His teaching to the people. The one parable that stood out this morning was the "Parable of the Wedding Banquet". In this parable, many guests are invited to the wedding banquet. First, to God's chosen people, the Jewish community, but they refuse and were too busy with their farm and others with their business (Matthew 22: 1-7). T

In today's world we are constantly being bombarded with commercials about growing up and being the man, or women we want to be, or become. We need to grow up and be mature in our thinking and stand up for our rights. But from God's eyes, He says the complete opposite from the way we should become if we want to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Read the following in the Book of Mark: Mark 10: 13-16 13 People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them

Many of us as Christians, struggle with God's grace and forgiveness in our lives. We tend to think that we have gone too far with God's grace. We will say something like; "God, I know you can't forgive me for this sin again, I keep doing the same thing over and over again", or we think we have messed up so bad in our life, that God can never forgive us for all the things we have done and are doing. The great news is that God's grace and forgiveness never ends...If we have a r