Dear Ones: How much faith did the little boy have when he brought the five loaves and two fishes to the disciples, to give to others, even to a multitude? How much faith did the little servant girl have when she told Naaman’s wife that there was a prophet in Samaria that could heal him…
Dear Ones: If there is one thing that the Lord will not accept, or abide by, it is FAITHLESSNESS…or commonly known as “unbelief.” Nothing is possible without faith, and all becomes possible with it. Why is this so? It is because of the nature of God…He is FAITHFUL. What does this mean? When we look…
Dear Ones: The apostle Paul, in addressing the Corinthian church, once asked, “Is Christ divided?” (1 Cor. 1:13) Of course, the answer to the question is “No.” Believers in the body of Christ may “think” that He is divided, because they are by their attitudes, but He is NEVER divided. He cannot be. Now let’s…
Dear Ones: As far as we know, when John the Apostle wrote the book of the Revelation, he was alone. He had been exiled to the Isle of Patmos, and though he would certainly have contact with individuals from time to time, he was, for all intents and purposes, “dead to the world.” It is…
Dear Ones: It may just be that one of the reasons why the Lord created the sea was to make us to understand that the circumstances of life are like the sea, ever-changing, ever shifting, never remaining the same. Those circumstances can be the source of fear, anxiety, confusion, and dismay. “Stability” is not necessarily…
Dear Ones: One of the great lessons that David had to learn was to not “…lean unto thine own understanding.” (Prov. 3:5) We are all apt to walk by sight, and not by faith. In doing so, we not only demonstrate that we are not trusting God who knows all things visible and invisible, but…
Dear Ones: Solomon, in writing the book of the Proverbs, wrote: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” (Prov. 29:18) In the days of Samuel, before the people recognized that he “was established to be a prophet of the Lord,” (1 Sam. 3:20), Scripture declares, “…And the word of the Lord was precious in…
Dear Ones: In 1 Corinthians 13, the Apostle Paul uses a phrase which has a profound lesson for us with regard to growing, maturing…becoming what we are called to be. He wrote: “…when I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child: but when I became a man, I put…
Dear Ones: David in essence calls Him, the “Restorer of our souls.” (Ps. 23:3) In Joel 2:25, the Lord tells Israel: “And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten.” And then, in a very sad passage, the Lord says: “But this is people robbed and spoiled…and none saith, ‘Restore.’” (Is.…
Dear Ones: In three of the gospels we read the account of the feeding of the five thousand. There are many things we can take away from studying the account, but one thing is essential to grasp and not let go. God’s ability manifests itself in our availability, and this, as we faithfully go forward…