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“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;” 2 Corinthians 4:8 Giving up is never an option for the child of God; things can become quite challenging, and it appears as though we just cannot hang on any…

“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” Matthew 7:12 “Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes.” Is an idiom taken from a poem entitled Judge Softly published in 1865 by Mary T….

“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.” John 14:26 Gratitude gets us to thinking about all the things that are going right in our lives oppose to dwelling on the less unfavorable…

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6. I thank God for the gift of loving, no-nonsense, and baptized in the Holy Ghost parents. In 2019, my mom went home to be with the Lord. My parents would often say…

 “I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.” Psalm 4:8. Darkness is the absence of light… proverbial darkness and sorrows creep in unaware at times; it is like the storm that looms overhead, and the winds and the waves appear to be unpeaceable…it can…

“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.” Psalm 23:2 Rev. Milton Brunson &The Thompson Community Singers released a song in 1986 entitled “Safe in His Arms.” It has many times over reminded me of the never-ending protection, love and provisions which come from our risen Savior;…

“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” Psalm 1:1-2. We all desire to be…

“Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?” A dear friend of mine set up a hummingbird feeder this summer. As I watched the video of the tiny bird perched to feed,…

“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23 The book of Proverbs has been generally attributed to the writings of King Solomon. They are instructions of wisdom to a son from a wise father. The principal thought is to seek, understand, and follow the wisdom of…

“And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.” Genesis 22:12. We believe by faith that when we bring our petitions before the Lord, He answers yes,…

“My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 I can recall being a young kid and going to O’Steens Drug Store every single day. They had a food counter were my older sister Harriet worked. They sold short order items like hamburgers and ice cream. My…

“For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,” Ephesians 3:1 “Shipwrecked on God and stranded on omnipotence!” what a profound statement. To be shipwrecked is to have lost the ship to ruin and suddenly stranded…no conceivable way to leave the present location. To be shipwrecked on God is to be…

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2  There is a still place way deep down in the soul that the beloved child of God can run for refuge. There is a beautiful song entitled “I…

“Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:” 1 Peter 1:22. The Holy Spirit is our Comforter and Guide in the truth; there is no furtherance of the gospel message without the Holy…

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6. At an incredibly early age heading off to college a pastor and dear friend wrote Proverbs 3:5-6 on a note and told me to keep its…

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” John 14:1. A feeling of Hopelessness enters the heart, whether it is from grief of loss, or despondency from a dire circumstance; those are times that you literally grasp to hang on, desiring for some sense of relief and suddenly a…

“And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.” Joshua 2:11 In the biblical account of Joshua chapter two, we find Joshua sending…

“And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.” Malachi 3:17. The enemy of our souls, that great accuser of the brethren, would love for us to think that we…

 “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:26 Once we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, believing by His atoning blood that we have been justified and reconciled back to God, we become the sons of God. The scripture therefore states the “For ye are…

“But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26. The song writer John Newton penned these words in the third stanza of the beloved hymn Amazing Grace: “Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; ‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead…