Honor the Lord with your possessions, and with the firstfruits of all your increase. (Proverbs 3:9 NKJV) I have never really liked fasting, even though I haven’t done it very often. The first few times I tried a 23-hour fast, it went better than I expected. So, I attempted fastingContinue Reading
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of theContinue Reading
Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart. (Luke 2:19 NKJV) As I write this (12/30/25) I am sitting in an Air B&B rental where our family has spent two nights in the greater Niagara Falls area. This week between Christmas and New Year is the best opportunity for schedulesContinue Reading
I will lift up my eyes to the hills—From whence comes my help?My help comes from the Lord,Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved;He who keeps you will not slumber.Behold, He who keeps IsraelShall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper;The Lord is your shade at your right hand.The sun shall not strike youContinue Reading
You probably know that the Christian year begins with the first Sunday of Advent (the fourth Sunday before Christmas) and that Christmas is the next season in this year. Did you know that the “liturgical” season of Christmas is only twelve days long – lasting from Christmas through Epiphany onContinue Reading
Some parts of the Bible come with questions and assumptions. The story of the visitors from the East is one. “Jesus was born in Bethlehem near Jerusalem during the reign of King Herod. After Jesus’ birth a group of spiritual priests from the East came to Jerusalem and inquired of the people, “Where is theContinue Reading
We saw him with our very own eyes. We gazed upon him and heard him speak. Our hands actually touched him, the one who was from the beginning,the Living Expression of God. This Life-Giver was made visibleand we have seen him.We testify to this truth:the eternal Life-Giverlived face-to-face with the Fatherand has now dawned uponContinue Reading
Have you ever found yourself DONE with Christmas as of December 25? You’ve spent weeks (maybe months) doing parties, presents, decorating, cooking, more presents, more gatherings, then church services and you are just done, Done, DONE! with Christmas? Or you’ve studied the Matthew 1 & 2 and Luke 1 &Continue Reading
“But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption… (Galatians 4:4-5 NKJV) The had world waited for its Messiah. Suddenly, in the fullness of time, he came. ItContinue Reading
(We have been working our way through the Christmas Story in Luke 1-2 and Matthew 1. Mary and Joseph have been visited by angels, endured very challenging circumstances, and finally watched the birth of the God of the Universe in a shelter for animals, before being visited by local shepherds whoContinue Reading