Passage: Psalm 139 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%20139&version=AMP Key Verses: “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.” Psalm 139:23-24 (NASB) "Nosce Te Ipsum" - Know Thyself! The famous quote has been attributed originally to the philosopher Socrates; however it has been widely used by famous philosophers and common gents alike, in an effort to describe Continue Reading
Jesus’ Most Honored Guests
Passage: Luke 14:7-11 Key Verse: “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." (V. 11 – NASB) I am watching my sweet friend sing her heart out to Jesus, watched by thousands of people in the congregation. Weeks later, when the service is broadcasted to the world, she may be seen by millions of people around the globe. I am watching her and I’m smiling. I know her well - she is not there to be seen. As self-conscious as she is, this I Continue Reading
In the Corner of the Vineyard
Passage: Luke 13:6-9 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%2013:6-9&version=NASB Key Passage: “Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?” As a little girl, I would count down the months until summer each year. I lived in the city and spent every summer vacation at my grandmother’s farm by a salt water bay close to the ocean. I have many fond memories of those days; most of them Continue Reading
“In From Off”
Passage: Ephesians 2: 11-19 Click on the link for the passage http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ephesians%202:11-19&version=NLT Key Verse: “So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family” V. 19 (NLT) On September 6, 2005 my husband, our daughter and I drove to the local Immigration Office for my citizenship ceremony. After almost six years of paperwork, waiting and quite a bit of Continue Reading
The Tree and the Bush
Passage: Jeremiah 17:5-10 Key Verse: “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” (v.9- NASB) My heart has been broken numerous times. I know that this is true to most everyone. As long as your heart is beating, it is a fact that it will be broken at some point in time. Friends come and go, loved ones leave our lives. Promises are broken, lies are told and dreams are shattered. I’ve felt sick to my bones with the pain of separation, loneliness, betrayal. I Continue Reading
Teach us how to pray, oh Lord! – Part Two
Passage: Luke 11:5-13 Key verse: "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?" (v.13) KJV When I was a little girl, I waited for a very special gift for many years. I was about six years old when I started asking my dad for a piano. I started playing it when I was just five and it quickly became a passion. I would go to piano lessons twice every week and remember vividly how, for Continue Reading
