May 6, 2021
A Word about the Word And Jesus was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him… He went up into the hills to pray. When evening came, he was there alone. Jesus was a man of solitude and aloneness. This pandemic season […]
April 30, 2021
A Word about the Word You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world. [Jesus] I am? Yep! But unless I am experiencing a bunch of “preserving” in my own soul and a lot of light in my own life, the earth and the world won’t be getting much of […]
April 20, 2021
A Word about the Word For while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. [1 Timothy 4:8] “Bodily training” (literally, gymnazo) is valuable indeed. From how we feel about ourselves to the way we […]
April 14, 2021
A Word about the Word With your love LORD, the earth is filled. [Psalm 119:64] A fantasy? A wish? An ideal?A reality! God loves you. Let me say that again: God loves you. Soak it in. Believe it. You may not “feel” it. The world may not affirm it. Still, God loves you—with a real, sacrificial, […]
March 23, 2021
A Word about the Word When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. [Luke 9:51] Resolve. The choice to do, especially when it’s the hard and necessary next thing. Jesus determined that Jerusalem was the next and most important thing to do. He was […]
March 10, 2021
A Word about the Word- Make the most of your time. [Ephesians 5:16] “I never found the time to _______.” Those can be pretty sad words, regardless if they end with “play with my kids,” or “listen to my friend,” or “visit my aging parent,” or “enjoy the solitude of this moment,” or “pray with my […]
March 3, 2021
A Word about the Word- And they received from Moses all of the contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him freewill offerings every morning. So that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the tasks that he was doing, and said to Moses, “The people bring much more than enough […]
February 23, 2021
A Word about the Word- The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income… Here is what I have seen to be good: It is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his […]
February 15, 2021
A Word about the Word- But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. [1 Corinthians 9:27] Wednesday is “Ash Wednesday.” It begins the Lenten season, the forty days of observance (actually more, because of weekends) that help us focus on Christ’s sacrificing […]
February 8, 2021
A Word about the Word- For now, we know in part, and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put aside […]
