" But Jesus immediately said to them: 'Take courage. It is I don't be afraid" Matthew 14:27 One day, Jesus told His disciples to get into a boat and go over to the others side where He would later meet them. In the middle of their trip a great storm arose and caused the disciples to be very afraid. It had to be a tremendous storm that caused these exp...

"This life I now live I live by faith in the Son of God" Galatians 2:20 If there was ever a time to live by faith it's now! All around us are circumstances and situations that can be overwhelming and cause discouragement, fear and a desire to give up. In the middle of all this, Jesus encourages us to have faith believe Him, trust Him that no matter what you see, Jesus is ...

"To everything there is a season" Ecclesiastes 3:1 What season are you in? It's obvious by the recent heat that we are in summer but that is not what I mean. What season of your life are you in spiritually? We live our lives in seasons. We don't get to choose the season, God does. "He changes the times and the seasons." (Dan. 2:21) Our lives don't stay the same even thoug...

The life of Daniel has many lessons for us to incorporate into our Christian walk from his refusal to defile himself in Chapter 1 to the end-time vision God gave him in Chapters 10 and 11. But I think the most impacting story about Daniel came when he faced the lion's den. Daniel's fellow administrators wanted to get him out of the picture so they convinced the king to ma...

" Give us this day our daily bread." Matthew 6:11 All throughout God's Word, one of the marks of a believer is living by faith in Jesus Christ trusting Him in every situation and relying on Him for all we need. But so many are worried and fearful that we will not have the provision that we need in difficult times. Jesus spoke to the crowds about not being anxious or fearf...

You Are Precious "Since you are precious in my sight, Since you are honored and I love you" Isaiah 43:4 NASB Some years ago, I had a bumper sticker on my car that read, "You are precious to Jesus". And as a matter of fact, the back of our church van reads, "You are precious to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ". I had a lot of comments on that bumper sticker from many peop...

"But his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a large basket" Acts 9:25 Saul, soon to be Paul, had a dramatic conversion to the faith. Soon after his sight was restored and he was strengthened, he began to preach. Many questioned his motives and sincerity by bringing up his past as a persecutor of Christians. Still o...

"He cancelled out the certificate of debt he has taken it out of the way having nailed it to the cross" Colossians 2: 14 The greatest victory ever achieved by anyone has been the triumph of the cross of Jesus Christ. Many people do not see the cross as a victory. They may only see it as a gruesome death that achieved nothing. How wrong they are! The cross is a clear winne...

"even these may forget you, but I will not for get you". (Isaiah 49:15) Have you ever felt forgotten? Has someone literally forgotten about you? It's not a nice feeling in fact, it's a terrible feeling. We all do it though sometimes we forget somebody's birthday, an anniversary, an appointment, somebody's name, and so on. But I thank God that He never forgets. He never fo...

There is no doubt that the greatest event in human history is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. When He came out of that tomb, He bought hope and new life to anyone who would simply believe and have faith. He came out in resurrection life and left inside the old grave clothes of death and darkness. When they buried Jesus, the Word of God says that they rolled a stone over ...