Knocked down but never out
2 Corinthians 4:8-9, “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” When I lived in Mississippi as a...
View ArticleBlessed is the one
Psalm 1:1-2, “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who...
View ArticleRunning on Empty
Tonight as I left the church I am privileged to serve, I noticed my gas gauge – EMPTY. If you are like me, going to the pump hurts. $3.50 a gallon isn’t fun in anybody’s wallet. As I pulled in to pump...
View ArticleToo busy living it
Psalm 35:9, “Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and delight in his salvation.” Take a moment today to stop and enjoy life. We are all moving on the fast track. Schedules are filled to the maximum...
View ArticleRunning with horses
Jeremiah 12:5, “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?” Most...
View ArticleYes, No, or Wait…
Matthew 7:7, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” The other day I sat in the stands at a ballgame and found myself simply listening to...
View ArticleThere’s no denying Whose you are
Acts 17:28, “…in Him we live and move and have our being.” Some time ago my son David called me. He had run into an old friend of mine and the first words out of my friend’s mouth to David were, “Boy,...
View ArticleFitting through
Matthew 7:13-14, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads...
View ArticlePopping your mind
The apostle Paul tells us in Philippians 2:5, “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus…” Paul was talking about our attitudes toward others. If you have ever been...
View ArticleA ripple of hope
Acts 6:7, “So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.” Many of us operate under the assumption that...
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