Rejoice!

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. May God himself,...

Destiny Written In Stone

There is a saying that has been on my mind lately, “destiny is set in stone.” It is as if only understanding our destiny, or if our future was as easy as reading words written in stone. Yet it is our destiny, our future, what it is that God has in store for our lives...

Advent

Advent is the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas and also of preparation for the Second Coming of Christ. Did you catch that it is about more than just Christmas? It is a time of reflection and preparation for the...

Thankful for the Shepherd

I read two scriptures from two different books this morning and both mentioned sheep. You may call things like that coincidence. I call it providence. Psalm 100:3 says “Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of...

Thankfulness

We are in the week of Thanksgiving here in the United States. A day that is a national holiday and filled with parades, too much food, and football. Starting on Thanksgiving evening (or very, very early on Friday morning) the Black Friday sales begin. I have always...

For no Words of God Will Ever Fail

There are times when words are spoken that we doubt the intention behind them, whether or not the meaning that was spoken is true, or if we can believe them. Most of the time we doubt because we find it hard to believe the words inside of ourselves. The these precious...