Peace and Joy

Romans 5: 1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice [...]

Holy Spirit Power

Acts 1: 4 On one occasion, while He was eating with them, He gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, But in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
After this [...]

Lessons of Job

Over the weekend I’ve considered the plights of Job. The book of Job is found in the Old Testament just before Psalms. Job is a story of a man who is wealthy. He is a man of notoriety and he has been blessed with wealth. The first verses of chapter 1 of Job describes his [...]

Encouraged

The other day I had a customer come to our place of business. She has a small nursery of perennial plants and opens to the public on weekends. I came to meet this nice woman last year. She always has a smile and a kind word. There is more to her story than most.
One day. [...]

Joseph Who?

On the days we feel most valued we should read Exodus chapter one. Reality that once we are buried and gone from earth it doesn’t take long for life to go on and the past names be forgotten, rings true in this chapter.
Exodus is the book of the Bible that describes the exit of the [...]