By Aubri Wick I will praise the Lord at all times I will constantly speak His praises. I will boast only in the Lord! Let all who are helpless take heart. Come, let us tell of the Lord’s greatness; let us exalt His name together. I prayed to the Lord,…
By Diera Mendez “I’m sorry Mrs. Mendez, but there is no heartbeat. How far along did you say you should be?” Instantly, I felt a pit in my stomach. The dreaded words no woman wants to hear during her very first ultrasound, or any obstetrics visit for that matter. My…
By Mary Klase Living by faith has been and will always be a growth process for me… I’m short-sighted when I think I’ve got it all figured out. Much of my recent growth takes place as a result of shock and pain, but God has brought me many blessings as…
I read Isaiah 56 this morning. What an amazing chapter to read as I looked out the window, my eyes scanning the horizon of the beautiful Golden city of Jerusalem, longing to go with the rest of our group to visit Mt. Zion, the Upper Room where Jesus met…
Truth… “What is truth?” Pilate asked Jesus as He stood before him that day. That dark day, the hour of the evil one, the day when Jesus was sentenced to death by crucifixion, the moments when the crowd shouted “Crucify Him, crucify Him!” (John 18:38) Jesus Himself had already revealed…
In the beginning, God…Elohim… No time is lost in Scripture in revealing Who God is. The fourth word of the Old Testament Scripture puts God at the beginning of time and creation, the Central Character of the Bible, Who existed before the foundation of the world, Himself, with no beginning…
Before Relinquishing the Christmas Season to the new year…Part 4 of 4 The 12th and final day of Christmas…Three Kings Day…Epiphany… I looked up the word “epiphany”, as it relates to the Christian tradition. According to ReligionFacts.com, the Epiphany is the “’shining forth’ or revelation of God to mankind in…
Before Relinquishing the Christmas Season to the new year… Let’s consider the second of the four “Do Not Be Afraid’s” relating to the Christmas story. Four appearances of angels, four “Fear Not’s”, and four admonishments to respond in faith. The first appearance of an angel and the corresponding “do not…
Before Relinquishing the Christmas Season to the new year… Let’s consider the four “Do Not Be Afraid’s” relating to the Christmas story. Four appearances of angels, four “Fear Not’s”, and four admonishments to respond in faith… Today, we will consider the first “Do Not Be Afraid”. This first one involves…
Christ didn’t come so that we could celebrate a sparkling white Christmas… He didn’t come so we could give presents to one another or light up a Christmas tree or sing Christmas carols… or delight in the sweet story of the baby in the manger! He came to save Israel to…