Ephesian 2:4-5–But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have been saved—   Whenever I find myself in “one those moods” where self-pity tries to overwhelm me, my main […]

As I am sure you do too, I have a mother and father who gave themselves tirelessly for me and my brother. When they decided to immigrate to the States in their 40s, they were essentially giving up on their lives for the good of their children. They are of that generation that thought it […]

Would you like to know exactly when you would die? If somehow the time of your death could be predicted accurately, would you like to know? How would it change what and how you do things if you did know? If God told you that you would die on November 3rd of 2027, what would […]

Acts 20:22-24-And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, 23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.  In our natural desire to be secure and avoid being uncomfortable, you may not reflexively say, “I […]

We often get our hands bitten while we are feeding others. This literally happened to me when I was a child. I had a puppy that fell into a sewer. As I rescued it and to calm it down, my mom gave me a pill to drop it in the puppy’s mouth. But as my […]

Judges 14:3-4-But his father and mother said to him, “Is there not a woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.” 4 […]

A burn out and depression come when our hope is dashed. It is, therefore, vital where we place our hope. Hoping even in good things will result in a burn out and depression if it is not in the ultimate cause. Elijah was a mighty man of faith. He defeated 400 Baal prophets in a […]

The gospel is not like information we need to hear once, but like a beautiful song we need to hear over and over. I realized this as I was driving to work, listening to Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones, an old Scottish preacher. The recording was so old that it was originally recorded on paper tape […]

Mark 11:24-25-Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.  25 And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”  Think about the things we can give […]

Romans 3:19-20–Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.  Maybe one of the most popular sayings in secular society by people who have been in trouble or made major […]