Monthly Archives: January 2023

HOW DO I RESPOND WHEN I AM FALSELY ACCUSED?

PSALM 35:11-16: “Malicious witnesses testify against me. They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about. They repay me evil for good. I am sick with despair. Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them. I denied myself by … Continue reading

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GROWING IN OBEDIENCE…

PSALMS 32:8-11: “I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will advise you with My eye upon you. Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, Whose … Continue reading

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DON’T LET YOUR LIGHT GO OUT…

MATTHEW 25:6-10: “But at midnight there finally was a shout: ‘Behold, the groom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps. But the foolish virgins said to the prudent ones, ‘Give us some … Continue reading

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THE LAST WILL BE FIRST (A call to faithfulness)

MATTHEW 20:8-16: “Now when evening came, the owner of the vineyard *said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, starting with the last group to the first.’ When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each … Continue reading

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DON’T FORGET YOUR KEYS! (A reflection on prayer)

MATTHEW 16:17-20: “And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and … Continue reading

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WHAT IS ON THE INSIDE?

MATTHEW 15:15-20: “Peter said to Him, “Explain the parable to us.” Jesus said, “Are you also still lacking in understanding? Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? But the … Continue reading

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WHO YOU GONNA TRUST?

PSALM 12:6: “The words of the Lord are pure words; Like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, filtered seven times.” NASB‭‭OBSERVATION: In these days of uncertainty – “Who you gonna trust?” When you feel backed up into a … Continue reading

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO “CONFESS” CHRIST?

MATTHEW 10-32-33: “Therefore, everyone who confesses Me before people, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before people, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.” NASB … Continue reading

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A WORD FOR THE NEW YEAR…

GENESIS 18:11-15: “Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; Sarah was past childbearing. So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have become old, am I to have pleasure, my Lord being old also?” But the Lord said … Continue reading

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