Christians often think of material possessions like a house, cars, “loaded” bank account, a good job as the blessings God gives to us. While this is true in that His ultimate desire is to see His creation (mankind) “prospers and be in good health as your soul prospers” (3 John ...
Psalms 90is a favorite passage of scripture for a lot of people and for good reason. Let's take a few minutes to reflect on the blessings the Lord gives us. Yes, blessings! God is good to us and wants to bless us. And we in turn need to thank Him for everything we have. Being...
My mother is slowly getting back into her business of health food. She is back to her gospel of health food. I have never seen her that enthusiastic in the gospel of God in all my life. Probably the days when she attended theology classes when I was in US were much better. But God,...
The Greatest Danger of God’s Blessings in Your Life Unless we watch ourselves, we will allow our blessings to distract us from our devotion to Jesus Christ. Before we know it, we can replace a devotion to the Lord with a devotion to His blessings. And in a sad, twisted irony, those ...
As gardeners, we plant tulip bulbs in the fall hoping they will germinate and in the spring give us beautiful tulips. We have FAITH in the bulbs, water, sunshine and God’s working in creation. As a Christian, having FAITH in the saving grace of Jesus Christ fills us with HOPE!
Just as we say "thank you" when a loved one gives us a gift, we should say "thank you" to our Lord and Savior for our blessings on Earth. As God's children, each of us was lovingly designed and created by our Heavenly Father. This gift of life is the most precious gift we will...
God gives us proof. The little reassurances along the way – the person that says something and God’s speaking to me through their voice, the song that happens to come on the radio or the itunes shuffle at just the right time, the passage of scripture I happen to read that morning…...
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people and has raised up ahorn of salvationfor us in the house of His servant David”~Luke 1:68-69 …and an Old Testament echo from David inPsalm 18:2
At this point of time, I am not sure what the bill balance amounts to but I see how my brother wants to take up responsibility to bear the bill; I see how God gives me a willing heart to pay a portion of the bill; I see how my father’s car was sold the beginning of this ...
“When I was growing up, the assumption was that God made everyone straight. What we have learned is that is not true. In accepting people as God made them, and if Jesus’ primary teaching is we should love and serve one another in the community, I think that’s what gives Pope ...