Has it been one of those weeks? You know. More trials than you thought you could bear, more troubles than you expected, and difficult decisions you had to make? When I face those times I always return to Romans 8 and remember I am predestined for glory and preserved for glory . Remember God knows all about us, [...]
In the later years of his life John Newton found his memory failing. He told his friend William Jay, “My memory is nearly gone; but I remember two things, that I am a great sinner and that Christ is a great Savior”. He was a great writer with amazing insight and simplicity. He wrote a [...]
When God led the children of Israel out of Egypt he took them the long way around. Sometimes it seems God takes us on the rough road, worst road imaginable, or even the wrong road, but we must remember He knows where we are going, He knows the route, and He knows what is on that [...]
I believe as I have been taught that God will never put more on us than we can bear, He will never expect more from us than we can do, and He will never lead us where we cannot go. God will never put on us anymore than His strength cannot bear. He will ask no [...]
Each year, Americans remember those brave-hearted souls who fought and gave their lives so that you and I would have the rights and privileges of living in a free country. Remembering is important. In fact, God instructs His people on many occasions in the Old Testament to remember from whence they came and to remember [...]
This weekend is considered Memorial Day. It began as Decoration Day in 1860’s because people wanted to honor those who paid the ulitmate price to keep America free. Today it has lost it’s true meaning and has become just a “long weekend”. I personally those who died in defense of our country are our real [...]
It has been said that you cannot change the past but you can ruin today by worrying about the future. Faith is believeing without seeing, trusting without knowing, and living without scheming. Five times in the scripture we are told “the just shall live by faith“. An old hymn says “living by faith, in Jesus [...]
Since Jesus is the S-O-N of God, He is also the S-U-N of righteousness. Let me tell you something about the sunrise. The sunrise never comes ahead of time, and it is never late. Isn’t that right? The sunrise operates according to the power of God and the authority of God. You can’t hurry it [...]
As a child I learned a song that goes “over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go”. As I think about that song it reminds me of life and our journey to heaven. Sometimes it seems we go on detours through rivers, valleys, rough roads, and woods. It is on these [...]
Today I will have the privilege and honor of performing the celebration service for the homegoing of a dear friend, Jack Kerby. Paul tells us in I Thess that we should “sorrow not, even as others which have no hope”. Grief is normal. We feel the absence of the friendship, miss the fellowship, and are [...]