THIS IS THE MORNING MINDSET YOU SHOULD HAVE!

“I, Paul, am on special assignment for Christ, carrying out God’s plan laid out in the Message of Life by Jesus. I write this to you, Timothy, the son I love so much. All the best from our God and Christ be yours! Every time I say your name in prayer—which is practically all the time—I thank God for you, the God I worship with my whole life in the tradition of my ancestors. I miss you a...

JUST SO YOU WON’T FORGET

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16 King James Version) This is your Monday Short Meditation, full of truth that you should easily be able to refer to in the future. You probably know them scriptural references in this meditation, but just so you won’t forget, I have use...

GET UP, PICK UP, & WALK!

“Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porticoes. In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or paralyzed. Now a man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, said...

NOT SHORT, BUT SURELY NEEDED BY ALL

“In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock at night.  And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood near them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened.  And so the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today...

THE OF OXGOAD, THE OXEN, AND COURSE, YOU!

“Now after him came Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck and killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad; and he also saved Israel.” (Judges 3:31 NASB) This is a very appropriate verse for this new day, a new Monday, a place in time that we have never seen before.  What a blessing! Thirty-one years ago, in another blessed period of life, I preached on the topic. “Small Mean, But...

THE BEST PART ABOUT WAKING UP

Because of our God’s deep compassion, the dawn from heaven will break upon us…” (Luke 1:78 Common English Bible) The best part about waking up is not coffee in your cup, but it is that you woke up, recognizing that the Lord blessed you, let your days roll on a little bit longer.  Delight in the fact that we are seeing a new day that we have never seen before.  Say it with me like...