“Then the LORD will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you…” Deut.11:23 God told the children of Israel repeatedly that He would without question drive out pagan peoples, unbelievers, who were occupying the places that He promised to give them. In return […]
Category: Faith
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
“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
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.
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
“For to us a Child shall be born, to us a Son shall be given; And the government shall be upon His shoulder, And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. There shall be no end to the increase of His government and of peace, [He shall rule]