Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” In my reflection this morning, I asked myself a very important question, which is, “What is a “wartime lifestyle” and why is it important in the […]

John 1:1-5, 9-13 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the […]

Matthew 6:9-10 “Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.“ The mystery of God’s Kingdom in regards to Christ’s first and second advent. And I agree that in Christ, here in this age, we are indeed free from the power of Satan […]

Ephesians 2:4-10 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show […]

Romans 3:10-18 10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;11     no one understands;    no one seeks for God.12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;    no one does good,    not even one.”13 “Their throat is an open grave;    they use their tongues to deceive.”“The venom of asps is under their lips.”14     “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”15 “Their feet […]

Exodus 34:6-7 “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, 7 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” The Gospel […]

Exodus 13:13 (KJV) “And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.” My father was the pastor of Pilot Knob Baptist Church. At that time, the church […]

1 Corinthians 9:19 “For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.” My father was the pastor at Pilot Knob Baptist Church out in the country, outside of Beara, Kentucky. The church was on the main road, but far away from any town, as I […]

Hebrews 6:10 “For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.” In our Spiritual Disciplines to grow in holiness and be like Jesus, we must strive to serve others, especially those within the body of […]

Jude 1-2, 17-23, 24-25 Greeting Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. A Call to Persevere But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, “In the last […]