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The Mustard Seed of Faith

The Mustard Seed of Faith

“To what shall we compare the Kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the...
January 25, 2024
Into Something Beautiful

Into Something Beautiful

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways! For who has known the mind of the...
November 05, 2023
The Glorious Riches of the Lord

The Glorious Riches of the Lord

Brothers and sisters: I know how to live in humble circumstances; I know also how to live with abundance. In every circumstance and in all things I have learned the secret of being well fed...
October 14, 2023
Losing Our Lives = Saving Our Lives

Losing Our Lives = Saving Our Lives

“For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be for one to gain...
August 10, 2023
Share His Goodness

Share His Goodness

Go out to all the world and tell the Good News. // Mark 16:15 My dad was diagnosed with brain cancer last September and died in January. We as a...
July 02, 2023
He Refreshes the Soul

He Refreshes the Soul

The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The decree of the LORD is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple. //  Psalm 19:8   When my dad was...
June 03, 2023
Touched by God's Power

Touched by God's Power

He brought them up into his house and provided a meal and with his household rejoiced at having come to faith in God. //Acts 16:34 When I was sixteen years...
May 15, 2023
Not One Type of Service

Not One Type of Service

Brothers, select from among you seven reputable men, filled with the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint to this task, whereas we shall devote ourselves to prayer and to...
April 21, 2023
A Time of Provision

A Time of Provision

“Why do you conclude that it is because you have no bread? Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes and not see,...
February 13, 2023
Seen and Loved by My Father

Seen and Loved by My Father

Blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. // Psalm 128:1 When I was growing up, my dad was the headmaster at the private school my...
December 30, 2022
Chosen to Connect with the Trinity

Chosen to Connect with the Trinity

I chose you from the world, to go and bear fruit that will last, says the Lord. // Alleluia, see John 15:16 When I was in high school, I had...
November 16, 2022
Breaking the Cycle of Gossip

Breaking the Cycle of Gossip

Brothers and sisters: For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery. // Galatians 5:1 For many years, I was...
October 11, 2022