“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.” (John 15:11) “Where are you on the joy-meter?” Our pastor posed this question to our congregation last week. I could only smile in response. My life verse has always been Nehemiah 8:10, which says, “The …
“He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.’” (Psalm 46:10) I’ve lived in a state of exhaustion for so long that it has become my new norm. While my day job will never be my life, having a high …
“You thrill me, Lord, with all You have done for me! I sing for joy because of what You have done.” (Psalm 92:4) On October 9, 2022, I embarked on a journey that would forever alter my life in ways I never could have imagined. In a blog entitled, “Here Am I. Send Me,” I …
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember what I …
“But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on Him, and by His wounds, we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5) This past week, a lost 22-year-old man took the life of a 31-year-old Christian father, husband, and political activist for what would seem to …
“That the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment. Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds, he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’ Like a dream, …
For the first two years of our marriage, David and I split our time living between his Virginia Beach house and mine in Georgia. Such arrangements were necessary while he finished renovating his former 1963 home to sell it in late December 2024. As David returns to VA Beach this week to work on a …
But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:3) I spend much time on my knees, whether praying or pulling weeds. While I don’t always do these two things together, my Heavenly …
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18) My mom and brother, Joe, arrived in GA a month ago for their tri-monthly visit, and I can honestly say they did so on the wings of a prayer – many fervent …
“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm—my great army that I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked …