[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!(Acts 3:6 ESV) I’m driving to Walmart and all I can think about is how I don’t see the point...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever. (Psalm 9:18 ESV) Committing murder doesn’t always render your residency behind steel bars within a state prison. Sometimes that takes place within the confinement of your heart. Your mind. Your soul....
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 13Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the Lord because he did not keep the Lord’s Word. He even consulted a medium for guidance, 14but he did not inquire of the Lord. So the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse. (1...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart. (Psalm 119:34 ESV) I found myself facing two choices. Wanting to trust God through both. A web of great confusion and doubt. Either one will certainly deliver a harsh sting. I want to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [That is] because the mind of the flesh [with its carnal thoughts and purposes] is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God’s Law; indeed it cannot. (Romans 8:7 AMP) My head is just all over the place. Thoughts reiterating it’s never going to happen. How...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. (Ephesians 4:29 ESV) My heart’s racing! A feeling I don’t want to remember but unable to forget. But...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Knowing their thoughts, He told them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is headed for destruction, and a house divided against itself falls. (Luke 11:17 CSB) No matter where I turn, there’s the noise clamoring for my attention. Driving me away from the hope of glory and into the presence...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] And all the people rose to their feet in unison and declared, “None of us will return home! No, not even one of us! (Judges 20:8 NLT) As I watch the videos across broadcasting stations and social media platforms, I can’t imagine what he thought and feared as he...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Your own ears will hear Him. Right behind you a voice will say, “This is the way you should go,” whether to right or to the left. (Isaiah 30:21 NLT) Opening my eyes to a brand-new day. Although I’d prefer to not think, my mind always raced into the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour. (Matthew 25:13 ESV) I was getting sick and tired of him telling me how to live. It’s been eight years since our father has passed and, in my heart, I always knew that the day would come when we’ll...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] If you [profess ignorance and] say, Behold, we did not know this, does not He Who weighs and ponders the heart perceive and consider it? And He Who guards your life, does not He know it? And shall not He render to [you and] every man according to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] You shall not be in dread of them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God. Deuteronomy 7:21 As my phone rings, the last person I expected to be on the other end would be my beautiful daughter. She just left our home...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (Psalm 34:18 NIV) The world around was shaking. An earthquake. Everything had shattered to smithereens! Life as I had lived it, was forever changed. Nothing would ever be the same again. An anguish unknown...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. (Psalm 25:16 ESV) As I hear him speak concerns of fear, my heart sinks aware of so many identifying with him. “I don’t want to die. Not now anyway.” Words that have echoed throughout these...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for You are close beside me. Your rod and Your staff protect and comfort me. (Psalm 23:4 NLT) Never in my life could I have imagined what has come to fruition. It’s something I’ve seen in...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.” (John 16:33 CSB) I awoke in the middle of the night feeling overwhelmed. So many things clamor for my attention. An...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. (Psalm 50:19) I couldn’t drive to my sister’s home in Queens fast enough, as I’m listening, there’s a second plane hitting the twin towers. At first, I thought it was a terrible accident. The radio announced that...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. (Colossians 3:21 ESV) She and I were never able to see eye to eye. Nothing was agreeable between us. This so called “relationship” had sadly been one that harbored resentment from early on. At about age four, mom called...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, “Eat and drink!” But his heart is not with you. (Proverbs 23:7 NASB) I didn’t know whether to laugh, retaliate, or cry. With a frown he says, “OK rule number 144!” There’s been a constant of...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. (Proverbs 29:15 ESV) For the longest time there was a void in my heart I couldn’t identify. Alien yet familiar. Having lived in its shadow as far back as I can remember....
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “Yet now God has reconciled you to Himself through the death of Christ in His physical body. As a result, He has brought you into His own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before Him without a single fault.” (Colossians 1:22 NLT) I can’t believe...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Praised (honored, blessed) be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)! By His boundless mercy we have been born again to an ever-lasting hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (1 Peter 1:3 AMP) Easter had always been a day filled with...