“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Won’t she light a lamp and sweep the entire house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she will call in her friends and neighbors and say, "Rejoice with me because I have found my lost coin." In the [...]
"I will lead blind Israel down a new path, guiding them along an unfamiliar way. I will brighten the darkness before them and smooth out the road ahead of them. Yes, I will indeed do these things; I will not forsake them. --Isaiah 42:16 (NLT) A few times a month, Timothy and I visit with [...]
"Return to your rest, oh my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling." --Psalm 116:7-8 (NKJV) Remember the story of the woman at the well? When she saw something special about Jesus, and he made reference [...]
"If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness." --1 John 1:8-9 (NLT) Have you heard of meditation? I'm sure most [...]
"And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as he commanded us." --1 John 3:23 (NLT) My wife Stephanie just gave me a note this morning, right after I returned home from a quick trip to the dentist. I had to get [...]
“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’ --Matthew 25:40 (NLT) When I was 14 years old, I got a chance to work with a few other students in a nursing home [...]