“For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 In the opening chapter of his good book, “How Happiness Happens”, author Max Lucado says this: “The motto on the front door (of happiness) says ‘Happiness happens when you get.’ The sign on the les

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven;[1] ~ Luke 6:37 Do you ever ask yourself how people see your church? By church, in this case, I mean both the building and people in the building. We know that a large portion of the American population simply has no connection to any church or community of faith. Perhaps they went with a grandparent or a friend, but they never really connected. They mig

The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him: “Rise, Peter; kill a

“Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!” (Ps. 27:14) (NKJV) Where do you turn when you find yourself in the depths of despair? From whom or what do you gather strength when all seems lost? David, king of Israel, was in such a place when he wrote Psalm 27. David wrote Psalm 27 during a time that, (1.) famine ceased the nation of Israel; (2.) the Philistines were ready to invade Israel; and, (3.) Absalom, his belo

“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all