For whom does the farmer sow seed? For whom does the baker bake? For consumers, customers, or clients? Perhaps, first, for their own sake. Proverbs 9:12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you will bear it alone. There’s no doubt about it. Wisdom brings a lot of benefits.… Read More »

Stress!  Worry!  Where does it come from? If all your needs are met, it can’t be from the burden of survival.  It must be another burden altogether.  Perhaps, you have unknowingly laid a heavy demand upon yourself like the religious leaders did when Jesus walked in flesh. Matthew 23:4, 7, and 8 They crush people… Read More »

Psalm 18:20-24 20 The Lord rewarded me for doing right;     he restored me because of my innocence. 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;     I have not turned from my God to follow evil. 22 I have followed all his regulations;     I have never abandoned his decrees. 23 I am blameless before God;     I have kept… Read More »

Taxes. Payment to belong.  Payment to be served. Self-redemption if you will. Like saying, “Here’s my part. My citizenship, protection, and governmental services have been justified because I contributed.” Most of us do our best to pay as few taxes as possible. We want to keep as much money under our command as possible. We… Read More »

Genesis 35:1-3 Then God said to Jacob, “Get ready and move to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau.” 2 So Jacob told everyone in his household, “Get rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves, and put on clean clothing.… Read More »

Zechariah 1:20-21 20 Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. 21 I asked, “What are they coming to do?” He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so no one could raise his head. These craftsmen have come to terrify them, to cut off the horns of the nations that raised a horn against the land… Read More »

A new year and we want to use it well. We want change.  Improvement.   Growth. I believe you’ll make great changes.    Do you? I find it more difficult to believe in myself than I do others. It’s more difficult to see my progress, strengths, value, and blessings than others’. This is robbery!  I am… Read More »

Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. No room. That’s a common problem. No room in our calendars.  No room in our budgets.  No room in our minds.  No room in… Read More »

“Where are you, Christmas?  Why can’t I find you?” Cindy Lou Who knew that there was shopping to do. But underneath all the tinsel and the lights, she sensed an important “something” missing that she called Christmas. Some have called it the magic of Christmas.  Charlie Brown called it the meaning of Christmas. Whatever you… Read More »

Revelation 22:1-4 Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh… Read More »