THE TREASURE HUNT

“I rejoice in your word like one who discovers a great treasure.” (Psalm 119:162 NLT) The Sunday service had just ended. The minister who delivered the sermon stood at the back of the church, shaking hands with members of the congregation as they exited the sanctuary. The minister smiled as each person came by. Some shared some brief words, mostly complimentary, “Good message, Pastor.”...

THE FIND

“The next day He decided to go to Galilee, and He found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow Me.”Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets also wrote: Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth!”Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good be from...

HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS?

“God blesses those people who refuse evil advice and won't follow sinners or join in sneering at God. Instead, they find happiness in the Teaching of the Lord, and they think about it day and night. They are like trees growing beside a stream, trees that produce fruit in season and always have leaves. Those people succeed in everything they do.” (Psalm 1:1-3 Modern English Version) Are you...

PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES PRE-DATING PROFESSIONAL PREMISES

“His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.  And when He was twelve years old, they went up there according to the custom of the feast; and as they were returning, after spending the full number of days required, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware of it. Instead, they thought that He was somewhere in the caravan, and they went a...

FINDING THE NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK

“There’s not one totally good person on earth, not one who is truly pure and sinless.” (Ecclesiastes 7:20 The Message Bible) There is a screensaver function on my computer, and perhaps on yours as well.  One day the screensaver was a picture of a haystack in an open field, When I first saw it, I thought of the 16th century idiom about “finding a needle in a haystack,” a saying that...