This video was originally recorded in March of 2020 during the beginning of the Pandemic, but the message is not limited to just that period of time. For it is a message of hope and healing during times of trouble and distress no matter when or where. And really this describes where we are today, … Continue reading In Troubled Times
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Listen to God and Eat What is Good
“Come, everyone who thirsts,come to the waters;and he who has no money,come, buy and eat!Come, buy wine and milkwithout money and without price.Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,and your labor for that which does not satisfy?Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,and delight yourselves in rich food.Incline … Continue reading Listen to God and Eat What is Good
Make Me Know Your Ways, O Lord
“Make me know Your ways, O Lord;Teach me Your paths.Lead me in Your truth and teach me,For You are the God of my salvation;For You I wait all the day.” (Psalm 25:4-5 NASB1995) When I read this passage of Scripture this evening, what came to mind is how this modern day altered “gospel” message, which … Continue reading Make Me Know Your Ways, O Lord
Time is Not Our Friend
https://youtu.be/-oiFmLPHm6o This is a video of me reading the poem, "Time is Not Our Friend," and then me talking about what that means for us today, in connection with these being the last days before the return of Christ and the evidence we can see each day of the times in which we now live, … Continue reading Time is Not Our Friend
Faith in Christ is Change
“As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you, and even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself. … Continue reading Faith in Christ is Change
Why Are You in Despair?
“Why are you in despair, O my soul?And why have you become disturbed within me?Hope in God, for I shall again praise HimFor the help of His presence.O my God, my soul is in despair within me;Therefore I remember You from the land of the JordanAnd the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.Deep calls to … Continue reading Why Are You in Despair?
A Pure Virgin to Christ
“I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will … Continue reading A Pure Virgin to Christ
The Weak in Faith
“Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only. The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and … Continue reading The Weak in Faith
One New Man Out of Two
“Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called ‘Uncircumcision’ by the so-called ‘Circumcision,’ which is performed in the flesh by human hands— remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without … Continue reading One New Man Out of Two
Israel, My Servant
Isaiah 41:8-11 ESV “But you, Israel, my servant,Jacob, whom I have chosen,the offspring of Abraham, my friend;you whom I took from the ends of the earth,and called from its farthest corners,saying to you, “You are my servant,I have chosen you and not cast you off”;fear not, for I am with you;be not dismayed, for I … Continue reading Israel, My Servant