Feeling my way in the darkened room I asked God to lead me. We have all asked “Lord, lead us not into temptation…if not temptation, where? Are we following God’s lead? It seems when I cry out and wait for a voice of direction from God the silence crushes me. Yet when I simply go, keep moving, feeling my way in the darkness I can learn to trust ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7 ESV 1 John 4:11 (ESV) states: “Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” At times the only love we have is from God isn’t it? In Martin Luther King Jr’s 1967 address to an anti-war ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. Ephesians 4:16 ESV We already have what it takes. We are equipped to do our part for the one body. Although this world and our flesh tries to ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life." John 8:12 ESV If we follow Jesus, we HAVE the light of life, right here, right now. We just have to make sure we don’t attempt to follow Jesus as the Pharisees followed Abraham and ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. John 15:4 ESV But, my situation is different. You do not understand the different situation I am in. The words in John 15:4 spoke so loudly to me this morning I could not ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: 1 Samuel 30:6 ESV; And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God. Confidence and boldness come in the strength of the LORD. How do we strengthen ourselves in the LORD? David ... Continue Reading »

Today’s Scripture: For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.' Acts 17:28 NIV “In him we live and move and have our being’; In God we find our true selves. When we look outside of God we try to be who those we look to think we should be. Although God is closer to us than we ... Continue Reading »