Philippians 3–4: Joy & Contentment

July 2, 2023.Reading time 21 minutes.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

Luke 15–16: A Son & A Father

July 1, 2023.Reading time 23 minutes.

So he rose up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

Ezekiel 13–18: Turn Back & Live

June 30, 2023.Reading time 11 minutes.

“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,
‘The fathers eat the sour grapes,
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?”

Philippians 1–2: Joy & Love

June 25, 2023.Reading time 18 minutes.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus…

Romans 8:17–25: Waiting In Hope

July 30, 2021.Reading time 17 minutes.

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul.

Sharing Comfort

February 17, 2013.Reading time 2 minutes.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For just as […]

You Shall Not Hide Yourself From Your Neighbor’s Trouble

February 3, 2013.Reading time 6 minutes.

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. Psalm 55:17 KJV – I have a print that I love with this verse on it next to a woman praying on her knees with her open Bible before her. When I saw it the other day […]

John’s Epistles

January 8, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem; and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him. But they did not receive Him, because He was traveling toward Jerusalem. When His disciples James and […]

Journey to Bethlehem

December 23, 2012.Reading time 9 minutes.

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son…. Galatians 4:4a – God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son… Hebrews 1:1-2 – God spoke through the prophet Malachi […]

“Joy to the World!”

December 9, 2012.Reading time 3 minutes.

“Joy to the World” with its exuberant music and words of celebration is one of my favorite Christmas carols. The words are based on Psalm 98, and it is one of the more than 600 hymns written by Isaac Watts (1674-1748).1 He wrote the hymn, however, not of the First Advent of Christ, but of […]

“In The Bleak Midwinter”

December 5, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

“In The Bleak Midwinter” is a lovely Christmas carol written by Christina Rossetti. “Our God, heaven cannot hold him, Nor earth sustain; Heaven and earth shall flee away When he comes to reign; In the bleak midwinter A stable place sufficed The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.” In these two videos the words are sung […]