Honoring Veterans

John 15:13    (NLT) 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. The inscription on the monument for the Korean War Veterans reads “Freedom is not Free” reminds us that while many of us will live our entire lives and enjoy a host of freedoms that we may…

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Return to God

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NLT) 14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. While Freedom seems to be a straight forward concept seeing it…

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The Day Belongs to God

Psalm 143:8 New Living Translation (NLT) 8 Let me hear of Your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting You. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to You. Today with our days busier than ever and with all the technology that was going to make our lives easier only creating more…

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Taking Tomorrow for Granted

James 4: 11-17   NLT 13 Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” 14 How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while,…

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Respecting God’s Choice ….

  Romans 13:1 (NLT) Respect for Authority 13 Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God. This text is especially applicable in our culture today. One thing it seems we can count on is that when someone says “…

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How Would God Vote ?

Acts 5:29 New Living Translation (NLT) 29 But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.   The very strength of Christians ( Our Bible ) has become over time our greatest weakness. Lack of study in God’s Word and seeking his guidance of the Word in our lives…

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Faith is Lived

  James 2:14-26  (NLT)      Faith without Good Deeds Is Dead 14 What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? Our culture and environment today is postmarked with a false sense of results where words are…

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Too Late to Hear God ?

  Romans 2 New Living Translation (NLT) God’s Judgment of Sin 4 Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you?  Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?     In his letter to the Romans Paul brought the Truth…

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Don’t Look Back …… Too Long

  Jeremiah 29:11  (NLT) 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.   Sometimes it is easier to look into our past too long because after all it is certain, it happened. Whether we liked…

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The View from Christianity

Text 1 Peter 1:3  (NLT) The Hope of Eternal Life 3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again,  because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, If you google “ Christianity” you will…

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