My Funeral Message

Four years ago the Lord Jesus led me to write my own funeral sermon, and on May 22, 2023, he led me to video record it. So, the dated information here is four years old, but the message has not changed. January 24, 2020 We are all going to die one day. It is inevitable, … Continue reading My Funeral Message

You’re All I Want, Jesus

“Make me to 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 long.” “Good and upright is the Lord;therefore he instructs sinners in the way.He leads the humble in what is right,and teaches the humble his … Continue reading You’re All I Want, Jesus

Sometimes It’s the Little Things

“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” (James 1:2-4 ESV) “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when … Continue reading Sometimes It’s the Little Things

When I Can’t Hear Him

“To you, O Lord, I call;my rock, be not deaf to me,lest, if you be silent to me,I become like those who go down to the pit.Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,when I cry to you for help,when I lift up my handstoward your most holy sanctuary.” “Blessed be the Lord!For he has … Continue reading When I Can’t Hear Him

Jesus Died to Free Us

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will … Continue reading Jesus Died to Free Us

My Heart’s One Desire

“Thus says the Lord, the King of Israeland his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:‘I am the first and I am the last;besides me there is no god.Who is like me? Let him proclaim it.Let him declare and set it before me,since I appointed an ancient people.Let them declare what is to come, and what will … Continue reading My Heart’s One Desire

Don’t Let them Sweet Talk You into Backing Down

At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course. Nevertheless, I must go on … Continue reading Don’t Let them Sweet Talk You into Backing Down

Abiding in Christ’s Teachings

“The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever: “Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ … Continue reading Abiding in Christ’s Teachings

Being Loving and Compassionate

2 Timothy 3:1-5,12-15 ESV “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather … Continue reading Being Loving and Compassionate

If You Continue in the Faith

Colossians 1:21-23 ESV "And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the … Continue reading If You Continue in the Faith