“I have loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob,” Malachi 1:2 NIV God said these words to the Israelites. Even though they had returned from the exile and the temple had been rebuilt, their dream based…
Our lives—everything we do, what we don’t do, how we behave, what we choose, what we neglect—it all conglomerates to portrait a clear reflection of who we are as a person. Or, in some cases, our actions may translate into who we are trying to be or who we are playing to be. In the…
Genesis 16 Hagar was a handmaiden, a servant or a slave. With all the things she might had to put up with, she had never experienced what may be considered the abuse of a woman who was desperate to conceive. Hagar fled to nowhere, feeling miserable. Her desired for relief from what she was living next…
“I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or…
I wonder how many feel the same way. When you know the real thing, you can’t settle for imitations. If there is something that I want for my life is to be real and have a genuine, authentic relationship with God and experience of faith.
David had some issues with other people. He was profoundly upset by those who were not honoring to God. He said: “They speak of you with evil intent, your adversaries misuse your name…I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.” Psalms 139:20 We could comfortably cling to the offense or wrongness of others…
A dark enclosed tunnel with no current visible exits. The darkness ahead and posterior to me tells me I’m no where near an exit. I can keep walking but I don’t know how much longer until I find a way out. That’s exactly how you feel when you are alone in a problem that seems…
Good Father, We come before you in the name of your Son, Jesus. Thank you for one more day that you have allowed me to live with my baby. I thank you for his life. Thank you for everything that you have allowed us to do in this day. I pray that your presence continues…
