Share Nevertheless By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago It all started in The Garden. God had commanded Adam who instructed Eve that the tree in the middle of the garden was off limits. Eve approached the tree, looked longingly at the forbidden fruit and wondered “what if?” Satan, who never misses an opportunity, begin to persuade Eve that God hadn’t really meant what […]
Share Remember Who? Why? By George Nava / a couple of years ago Ecc 12:1 Remember your Creator while you are young, before the bad times come–before the years come when you say, “I have wasted my life.” Ecc 12:2 Remember your Creator while you are young, before the time comes when the sun and the moon and the stars become dark to you–before problems come again […]
Share The Good Old Days By Susan Niswonger / a couple of years ago The Good Old Days We have all heard stories of the “good old days.” It is amazing how time erases all of the “bad old parts” out of the “good old days” and they become a romanticized memory that we long to experience once again. My mom love to talk of her childhood on the […]
Share The Cross Of Pain By Steven Lewis / a couple of years ago Isaiah 53: 3-7 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten […]
Share Joy in the Lord By debora rasch / a couple of years ago A very wise woman said, “If you’re going to do a work for the Lord, it might as well be something you enjoy doing.” John 15:11 speaks of having the joy of Jesus in you and that your joy may be full. He made this statement on the eve of His crucifixion! Think of […]
Share Jochebed: Portrait of a Devout Woman By Lynne Conley / a couple of years ago Jochebed: Portrait of a Devout Woman Scripture Text: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28 KJV) Jochebed was the daughter of Levi. Levi was the third son of Jacob and Leah. ‘’ And the name […]
Share Presenting Our Selves To The Lord By James Thornton / a couple of years ago PRESENTING OURSELVES TO THE LORD When we go to Church we should not think about going just to be in Sunday School, to hear a teacher, to hear a choir sing, or even to hear a sermon, which is part of the service, but the main emphasis on being in Church should be to […]
Share The Winnowing By Chelisa Gray / a couple of years ago From experience I can tell you that it hurts when people leave this beautiful truth. Sometimes those people are close friends, relatives, mentors, or people that you looked up to spiritually. Someone that you thought would be the last person to get out. It can definitely leave feelings of hurt, confusion, bitterness, resentment, and sometimes […]
Share Better than Gold or Honey! By Don Doran / a couple of years ago “9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” Ps 19:9-10 We make most of our choices and affections with what I […]
Share The Dog Ate My Homework….And Other Lame Excuses By Sheri Boulet / a couple of years ago When I was in high school we had, for a short period, a poodle named Dusty Joe. I loathed that dog. I know, such strong emotion for a dog, but, alas, it fits my feelings toward Dusty Joe. Dusty Joe was a one dog wrecking company. The interesting thing about him was he only shredded […]
