Why Are You Afraid?∙∙∙

Why Are You Afraid? ∙∙∙ Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith? – Mark 4:40 Romans 5:3-5 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. AndContinue reading “Why Are You Afraid?∙∙∙”

Junk Food ∙∙

Junk Food ∙∙ Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the finest food. – Isaiah 55:2 1 Peter 2:2-3 Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milkContinue reading “Junk Food ∙∙”

The G.O.A.T. ∙∙

The G.O.A.T. ∙∙ I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is! – Matthew 11:11 John 1:6-8 God sent a man, John the Baptist, to tell about the light so thatContinue reading “The G.O.A.T. ∙∙”

The Paradox of Pain ∙∙∙

The Paradox of Pain ∙∙∙ For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! – 2 Corinthians 4:17 2 Corinthians 4:17-18  17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond allContinue reading “The Paradox of Pain ∙∙∙”

It might have been ∙∙

It might have been ∙∙ As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God! – Psalms 42:1 Psalms 42:1-11 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appearContinue reading “It might have been ∙∙”