In the Book of Acts, we are reminded of Jesus' ascension into heaven and the promise He gave to His apostles, that He would send the Holy Spirit upon His leaving. As I read the passage, I was overwhelmed and amazed of the power that came upon the Apostles when the Holy Spirit came upon them. Read the following in the Book of Acts: Acts 2: 1-4 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from he

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

The chapter, "The Fruit of the Spirit is Love", in Andrew Murray's book, Absolute Surrender, I am humbled to realize how much I have failed in this area of my life. Andrew Murray states that from our daily life and conduct that the "Fruit of the Spirit is Love". From there comes all the graces and virtues in which "love" is manifested: joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness; no sharpness or hardness in our tone, no unkindness or selfishness; meekness before God and m

Psalm One is a great psalm that highlights what the life of a Christian should be like: We are blessed if we do not walk in step with the wicked...We are blessed if we do not stand in the way that sinners take...and we are blessed if we do not sit in the company of mockers. But the psalmist goes on to say that if we delight in the law of the Lord, and if we meditate on His law day and night, we will be "Like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in seaso

There is so much wrong in our world today. Everywhere we turn to, we see so much anger, fighting in the streets, and sometimes killings. Our current generation compared to our generations of the past, has become a generation so full of "self and hate". Our "self-will" has over-taken today's society even in our Christian circles. My daughter who worked at serving people at a restaurant came home and told me of a woman she knows that goes to our church that was very rude and se

"One of the worst things sin did for man was to make him selfish, for selfishness cannot love", as stated by Andrew Murray, in his book, Absolute Surrender. It is because of one man's sin, Adam, that every person born after him, was born into "selfishness". Selfishness has continually ruled our world and man has never been satisfied with what he receives. We always seem to want more and more. But just as one man's sin entered this world, one Man's sacrifice, (Jesus Christ), c