THE WEEDS IN YOUR YARD

“You are tempted by the evil things you want. Your own desire leads you away and traps you. Your desire grows inside you until it results in sin. Then the sin grows bigger and bigger and finally ends in death.” (James 1:14-15 Easy-to-Read Bible) On a day when a heat dome had settled over our geographical area; a day where meteorologists would explain in their forecast saying, "A persistent...

WHEN YOU COME TO YOUR REPHIDIM…

“Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek . Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” So Joshua did as Moses said, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the hilltop. Now when Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and when he...

THE ANSWER TO OUR EXCUSES

The excerpt from Exodus found below is long. Therefore, I will make my admonition brief. Many of us come up with excuses, and we do it expeditiously when it comes to executing that which the Lord wants us to do. Think about it! Before you read the passage, remember, like Moses: (1) You have been picked by the Lord. (2) God has a purpose for you. (3) God has given you promised. (4) God can use...

THE REMEDY

“The soul (appetite) of the lazy person craves and gets nothing , but the soul (appetite) of the diligent is rich and abundantly supplied.” (Proverbs 13:4 The Amplified Bible) Today, I’m going to give you a remedy to use when you start thinking, “I ain’t got nothing to do.”  The remedy: “Start doing something.” Instead of sitting around going out of your mind, start doing...

WHEN YOU ARE FEELING LONELY

“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God.I will strengthen you; I will also help you; I will also uphold you with My righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10 NASB) Tuesday while sitting in a waiting area, I picked up and peaked at a popular magazine. The front cover caught my eye because over to the right, in smaller print than the supersize prints used for the...

IS THERE A REMEDY FOR THE RECKLESSNESS IN THIS REAL WORLD WE LIVE IN

“Josiah was eight years old when he became king. He ruled for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.  His mother’s name was Jedidiah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.  He lived the way God wanted.  He kept straight on the path blazed by his ancestor David, not one step to either left or right.  One day in the eighteenth year of his kingship, King Josiah sent the royal secretary Shaphan...

EVERYBODY SINGS THE BLUES

“Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem.  Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves.  Hundreds of sick people—blind, crippled, paralyzed—were in these alcoves.  One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years.  When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said,...

A PRESCRIPTION FOR EVERY STATE OF ANXIETY

“So, humble yourselves under God’s strong hand, and in his own good time he will lift you up.  You can throw the whole weight of your anxieties upon him, for you are his personal concern.” (I Peter 5:7 J.B. Phillips New Testament) Silently, like a skilled scoundrel who is set on stealing your serenity, crushing your contentment, and serving as satanic-like stimuli, situated so as to steer...