Peter, the Lord's disciple, was a fisher of men. The Lord had much to teach Peter and Peter learned much about what it meant to truly...

Paul talks of our Christian life and compares it to a race. A race that must be run with endurance. What does that actually mean? ...

We are told repeatedly in the Bible to give thanks to God. In good times it's easy to see God's blessings but often when things are not...

I live in a farming community and my husband is a farmer. He has a particular way that he likes to see a field worked, particular...

What if Jesus hurt your feelings? Jesus did have some very harsh things to say to some people. Almost exclusively they were said to the...

In 2 Corinthians 5: 20, Paul tells us that we are ambassadors for Christ. What does an ambassador actually do in our world today? Their...

This week has been pretty overwhelming for many people. A new war has broken out in the Middle East. Horrific atrocities are happening,...

There is a great contrast in the response of God to Saul's sin versus Davids. In I Samuel 15 we read about Saul's disobedience to a...

Nehemiah Chapter 8 In Nehemiah chapter 8 , the priest Ezra for the first time in many, many years reads the Torah, the books of Moses,...

Blessings for the Obedient A handbook for young people is found in Proverbs chapter 3. Blessings come to those who follow it. In this...

I remember as a child reading scary fairy tales. In one story a child wandered off into the woods alone. As the child realized he...

We don't have to do life alone. Our lives are a work in progress. We progress towards becoming more like Christ. Like the child...

Greed and deception. They seem to go hand in hand today just like they did several thousand years ago. No, there is nothing new under...

In 2 Corinthians 2: 6-7 Paul chastises the church for not forgiving a member who had been disciplined and had repented. Paul says to...

~"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us." 2 Corinthians 4: 7...

In Luke 10: 38-42, we read of Jesus' visit to the home of Lazarus, Mary and Martha. Martha was the dutiful host, working hard, most...

Christ is our role model. How often we hear this. How does it make you feel? Hopeless? Hopefully not! Paul discusses this in...

In Romans Chapter one we see the fate of those who reject the evidence all around them of God's character. They see and know, in their...

People are not good at waiting. Waiting is hard and frustrating. Whatever we are waiting for, waiting to conceive a much-wanted child,...

“The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.” —Mother Teresa The Holy Spirit is God's answer to loneliness...