June 20th, 2024
Read 1 Corinthians 13:4b-5 NLT Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. “It does not demand its own way.” I like things the way I like them. When my husband I were first […]
June 19th, 2024
Read 1 Corinthians 13:4b-5 NLT Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. “… or rude.” Many years ago I found myself in a phone conversation at work with a very unhappy person. They […]
June 18th, 2024
Read 1 Corinthians 13:4b-5 NLT Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. “… or boastful or proud” None of us want to think of ourselves as boastful or proud, but the reality is […]
June 17th, 2024
Read 1 Corinthians 13:4b-5 NLT Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. “Love is not jealous” When you look up the word jealous in the dictionary, you find a whole host of other […]
June 16th, 2024
Read 1 Corinthians 13:4b-5 NLT Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. As a child I loved the Berenstain Bears books. The lovable bears with their silly antics seemed to get themselves in […]
June 15th, 2024
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 “They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.” Revelation 12:11 Today, let’s talk about […]
June 14th, 2024
“And with many other words John exhorted the people and proclaimed the good news to them.” Luke 3:18 “And because of his words many more became believers.” John 4:41 Can you imagine a world in which there were no language? As a human race we simply need language to get along. Language is so ubiquitous […]
June 13th, 2024
“They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.” Psalms 64:3 “The wise in heart are called discerning, and gracious words promote instruction.” Proverbs 16:21 Sometimes the best way to understand what something IS, is by talking first about what it is NOT. It can be very painful to think of […]
June 12th, 2024
“I will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.” Psalms 89:1 Music is a hobby and passion of mine. There isn’t a day when I don’t listen to music. I listen to all types, and for different reasons and in different circumstances. And […]
June 11th, 2024
“Who has helped you utter these words? And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?” Job 26:4 In this verse are the words of Job he spoke in response to one of his “comforters”, Bildad the Shuhite. Bildad, like the other comforters that had gathered around Job, assumed that he had somehow sinned greatly, and that […]
