Share Knot in the Rope By Don Doran / yesterday Knot in the Rope Have you ever felt you had come to the place where something has got to change? That your soul had to be rescued? “My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?” Ps 119:81-82 There are times […]
Share Who Gets the Spoils? By Don Doran / 5 days ago Who Gets the Spoils? Good morning! It has been a while since I have visited with you and I have missed it. Have you heard the expression, “to the winner goes the spoils?” That means whoever wins gets the treasure. “Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy […]
Share Appetite for Righteousness By Don Doran / last week I left home a week after my high school graduation to evangelize. My first venture for an extended time away. The first home I was in the pastor’s wife made a wonderful meal and one of the vegetables was squash. I did not like squash but remembered my father’s admonition, “If they cook it, you […]
Share Pressure Cooker Moments! By Don Doran / a couple of weeks ago Have you ever had one of those “pressure cooker moments.” What do you do when the pressure is on? What is your reaction or course of action? Do you change who you are? Do you buckle under the pressure? “Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. I beheld […]
Share Potter’s House 2 By Don Doran / a couple of weeks ago I am not artsy by any stretch of the imagination. I might be considered a bit crafty, but never artsy. However, I do know this, anytime an artist begins a project he has a starting point. That starting point is in his mind. He begins to envision what it is he wants to create. He […]
Share Write a Message on the Bottom of Your Shoe! By Don Doran / a couple of weeks ago Several years ago, actually about 3 decades back, my wife and I were at a concert and a song was sang by the group that stuck in my mind. I was able to find the song online, let me share the words with you; You’re about to hear a truth that will loose you from […]
Share Give Him Your Burdens By Don Doran / 3 weeks ago Have you ever had a load that was more than you could carry? You started out all right but along the way it just got heavier until you couldn’t go any further? My dad told me a story of when he was in the military. They were on a long march and being non-combatant he didn’t […]
Share Blessings in Grieving By Don Doran / 3 weeks ago Good morning! I hope you have had a wonderful week. The way Jesus looked at things is so different from the way that I look at them. Who would think there were blessings in mourning? Yet Jesus said the mourners were blessed. Several months ago, during a time of mourning in our family, a good […]
Share We Get What We Give By Don Doran / 3 weeks ago There is an old saying, “What you see is what you get!” However, Jesus said it differently, “What you give is what you get!” “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.” Matt 5:7 If we are on the “hot seat” we are sure to want mercy. Yet the real question is how we act when someone […]
Share Anchor to the Cross By Don Doran / last month Anchored to the Cross In the past few years we have seen the impact a hurricane can make on lives. They can be so destructive. They are strong forceful winds that come out of the sea and most times exceed 100 miles per hour. Several years ago, so folks we knew were on their honeymoon […]
