Monthly Archives: April 2011

I Kings 18:27  At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.” I’ve wondered why … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday to our youngest son, Michael. Proverbs 3:3-4  Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Then you will win favor and a good name in … Continue reading →

Mark 1:40-42  A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”  41Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he … Continue reading →

Isaiah 7:14,15  Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. 15 He will eat curds and honey when he knows enough … Continue reading →

1 Peter 4:9, 10  Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.  Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. There is an old story that has a powerful … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday John!  Our oldest son in Brazil is 39! Hebrews 12:2a  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, …  Matthew 6:27  Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Early this morning I had … Continue reading →

1 John 3:1a  How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God!  And that is what we are! Yesterday in worship we sang a deeply moving song.  It spoke … Continue reading →

Genesis 40:23  The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him. Focus on the verse above and ask yourself the following question:  “Did Joseph spend two more years in prison due to a cupbearer’s faulty memory?” The story … Continue reading →

Job 1:22  In all this Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing. It’s difficult to imagine the impact of all the disasters that happened to Job in chapter one.  Scripture describes him as being blameless and upright; one … Continue reading →

Acts 7:30  “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.” I woke up this morning thinking about Moses and his encounter with God at the … Continue reading →