Are you plugged in?

While preparing to go to the nursing home to teach a Bible study, I pulled out my iron to get the wrinkles out of my clothes. My old iron was not heating up. So I unplugged it and said time to get a new iron and threw it in the...
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He makes all things new

“And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said...
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Is Heaven beyond my reach?

Is there a heaven, and is it beyond my reach? “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And...
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Seek good

“Seek good and not evil, That you may live; so the LORD God of hosts will be with you…” Amos 5:14 We have a choice every day to go after the things of God or those of Satan. The choice directs us on a path of life or death. In...
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Prudence

“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion.” Proverbs 8:12 Where you find wisdom, there will be prudence. The world’s definition of prudence is the ability to govern and discipline oneself by use of reason. The question is, what is the basis of judgment or reason being used? If...
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The fourth watch

The disciples had a long day. They had been teaching, and Jesus had told them earlier to get away and rest. Yet they were found out. The multitudes flocked to them. They wanted Jesus to turn them away because the evening was coming, and they knew they were all going...
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God’s will

Do you know what Jesus came to the Earth to do? Jesus said, “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me” (John 6:38). Should we not be doing the same?   Jesus clearly defined His ministry in the...
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Call upon God

“As for me, I will call upon God, And the Lord shall save me. Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭55:16-17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Many will come against us in the times ahead. We need to develop a strong...
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The blood

“And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭17:26‬ ‭NKJV ‬‬If you look at the NIV translation of Acts 17:26, the “blood” is missing. Without...
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Famines

In the past, the prophets would tell the people ahead of time to warn them of a famine. “And in these days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch. Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine...
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