Been pondering on Isaiah 43:18-19"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! . . .” Isaiah 43:18-19Change has a way of making us feel uneasy. It often comes with ...  Read More

The Bible says in (Philippians 3:13-14) “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which...  Read More

Sometimes the big news story of the day is not the one we think it is—or there is more to it than we realize.As Jesus was born, something else was also happening far away. Matthew 2 tells us about “Ma...  Read More

Here Paul prays in Colossians 1:10 "That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God." This verse challenges us to con...  Read More

I have discovered that the more familiar with the Word of God we become, the more vulnerable we are to being tone deaf. Oh, we know the Scriptures, we have our theology down pat, and we know where to ...  Read More

(Deuteronomy 33:25) says "As thy days, so shall thy strength be." Life brings seasons of joy, sorrow, victories, and battles. Sometimes we wake up with more questions than answers. Some days feel over...  Read More

                                                                       Over the years, I’ve noticed a common pattern among some Christians: when something good happens, they immediately credit it as a...  Read More

The Bible is full of examples of people who planned their own way and then yielded to God and He did it better. One of those characters was Joseph in (Genesis 37-50). God saved Joseph's whole family i...  Read More

I am pondering this morning on (1 Peter 1:6-9) where it says "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your ...  Read More

                                                          Salt Of The EarthAs I prepared for our Wednesday young adult class at Hopewell, I intended to discuss a passage from Matthew 5 about "being th...  Read More

I’ve been reflecting lately on what we pass down to our children and grandchildren. Beyond physical traits like hair color, eye color, or height, we hand down so much more. Sometimes it’s an old famil...  Read More

In (Genesis 49:22) Joseph was likened to a fruitful bough whose branches run over the wall. The picture is one of overflowing fruitfulness. That's exactly what Jesus wants to do in our lives as well. ...  Read More