TEXT: Romans 5:1-5 (NKJV) 5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also glory…

  Isaiah 9:6 New Living Translation (NLT) 6 For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.  We are entering now the season of Advent leading us into the celebration of Jesus birth…

We are in one of the busiest if not the busiest time of the year between Thanksgiving and Christmas. We are all putting forward a lot of effort to change over house decorations, get Christmas card lists updated to mail cards and searching for just the right gift for the special people in our lives….

Philippians 4:8 (NLT) 8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Paul closes his letter to the Church in Philippi with the encouragement to keep their focus on…

Paul penned these words in his letter to the believers of the Church in Philippi. Like all of us they were susceptible to being distracted by worry about the day to day challenges as well as the disagreements in their lives. Paul’s timeless advice is that God is available in “all situations” and we can…

In the fall of 1621 the early settlers celebrated their bountiful harvest with their native neighbors. They gave thanks to God for his provisions of rain after a long drought to enable a sustainable harvest. In 1789 George Washington made a Thanksgiving proclamation to Congress to honor God’s blessings on this country and its people….

Psalm 118 was penned by David in thanking God for His blessings in David’s daily life and the future blessings of life in Jesus Christ. In the preceding verses leading into 24 David states that  “ the stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone”. Living in the future of these writings it is clearer…

PSALM 100   A psalm of thanksgiving. 1 Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! 2     Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. 3 Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give…

Colossians 3:23  (NLT) 23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. A few weeks ago I had a post entitled “ There are no small things in God’s world.”  The above thought along with Paul’s reminder to the Church in Colossae help to bring…

John 8:32 (NLT) 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”   Christians live under a simple Truth through a confession of Faith – Jesus was born of a Virgin, lived and taught, died by crucifixion and was raised from the dead by Gods power on the third day….