Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” Luke 12:15 Some sections of scripture, we bypass, not because we don’t understand or intend to ignore the instruction, but because we think it doesn’t…
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5 When I was a pastor, I always looked forward to my visits to the Senior Adult Ladies Sunday…
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or…
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16 Yesterday, we looked at what it means to pray according to God’s will. And in 1 John 5:14, we learned that…
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 1 John 5:14 On yesterday’s evening news, I saw a story in which the President was meeting with a group of businessmen. In fact, there have been many similar…
Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies…
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever Hebrews 13:8 Not many men would admit this, but I’m a fan of Hallmark movies. Occasionally, there’s a story about a gal who has been left at the altar. Her husband-to-be changed his mind. She’s so severely shaken that she…
A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Proverbs 31:10 When I woke up this morning, one of the first thoughts to enter my mind was that I needed to come up with something specific to lift up to the Lord in prayer.…
