08/29/2021 Proverbs 14:21 If you want to be happy, be kind to the poor; it is a sin to despise anyone. I often say that three powerful...

8/22/2021 John 10:30; 37-38 30“The Father and I are one.” 37“Don't believe me unless I carry out my Father's work. 38 But if I do his work, believe in what I have done, even if you don't believe me. Then you will realize that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father. ” At times our perspective is so limited that we cannot see clearly what is in front of us. We are too close, seeing things we think we see too clearly. We can live in false details as if they were real. I

08/15/2021 Mark 8:36 What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? The Olympics are over for three years. Covid delayed the 2020 Olympics, but they are back on track for London 2024. Many athletes will invest a great deal of emotional and physical energy into becoming the best they can be for the next Olympic competition. They want the Gold Medal. They want to be a winner. This competitive spirit drives many of us; not all, but many. We will compet

08/08/2021 Philippians 2:14 Do all things without complaining or arguing… We’ve heard the axiom, “The squeaky wheel gets the oil.” You may have also noticed that the barking dog gets the attention. If it is our dog that is barking, then we pay attention. If it is someone else’s dog that is barking, we pay attention. Regardless, a barking dog commands our attention. And sometimes when a dog is barking, and it is our dog, it’s a good thing: we get alarmed that there is an intru

08/01/2021 In Mark 4:40, Jesus is with his disciples out in the boat. The waves were rough, and they were complaining that they might get thrown out of the boat. To this Jesus asks, “ Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith? ” Along our life journey we have met fearful people. We could be one of them. Some of us are afraid of change, others are afraid that things are going to remain the same. Some people are afraid of moving ahead, some fear staying where they are.

07/25/2021 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 26 Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you. 27 Instead, God chose what the world considers nonsense to put wise people to shame. God chose what the world considers weak to put what is strong to shame. 28 God chose what the world considers ordinary and what it despises--what it considers to be nothing--in order to destroy what it considers to be something.

7/18/2021 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (AMP) 4 Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.5 It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no accoun

07/11/21 Matthew 6: 25-26 – 25 “ Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” Last week we celebrated our nation’s birthday: the day we officially declared ours