Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all. Ps.34:19 Recently we heard of a young woman, a wife, mother, sister, a daughter, a passionate follower of Yeshua, a much beloved worship leader, who passed away from cancer at a very young age. Thousands across the earth […]
Category: Christian encouragement
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” ~Jesus, John 15:1-2 “Every branch that bears fruit He prunes…” Pruning hardly seems like a worthy reward for living
“Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had leaned back on His bosom at the supper and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?” Peter seeing him said to Jesus, “Lord, and what about this man?” Jesus said to him, “If I want him
“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” Rev. 12:11 NKJV When was the last time you shared a testimony, your story, with others? Whether your salvation testimony, a God-incident, divine appointment, or perhaps a
Rebecca Erin Gardner went home to be with the Lord, crossing over into Glory on October 13, 2016, after a long battle against cancer. She is the youngest daughter of Jon and Jackie Gardner, the little sister of her seven siblings, this beloved child was just ten years old. There is no explanation, no
“When darkness veils His lovely face, I rest on His unchanging grace; In every high and stormy gale My anchor holds within the veil. On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand.” Stanza 2, My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less, Edward Mote, 1834 We are living in perilous times.
“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” ~James 1:2-4 At 40 years of age, after the heartbreak of 3
Recently I celebrated the 80th birthday of a woman of God, who, even though she is not a blood relation of mine (at least not natural blood) had become a spiritual mother to me. This relationship did not begin with the expectation of finding a “mother” or even knowing that I desperately needed what she
“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus” Acts 4:13 I dropped out of college with only a year left to go and for decades I was plagued by the shame of failure. No
Murphy’s Law: Version 1-If anything can go wrong it will, at the worst possible timing. Version 2:If there are two or more ways to do something , and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it. Regardless of where you live, Murphy’s Law is a universally recognized phenomenon. As