My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word! Psalm 119:28 It was Christmas break, and I remember it vividly. I had a dog named "Shoes." He was a rascal. He would dig out from under the backyard fence and go carousing around the neighborhood for a day or two, and [...]
Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart. Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. Psalm 119:33-35 Some mornings God is so clear [...]
I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents. Luke 15:19 Last year my wife and I were taking a trip to Orlando to see our son, Greer. He lives in Orlando, and it's a pretty long drive for us. I know the route pretty well. [...]
Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost Luke 15:6 Larry Gene Bell abducted Shari Smith from the end of her driveway on Friday, May 31st, 1985, somewhere around 3:15 PM after arriving home from school. The Federal Bureau of Investigations initiated the most massive search in the history of [...]
and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. Romans 6:18 Sunday afternoons around my house growing up were what I call prison days. The old ball and chain. Locked up tight and doors closed. We always came home from church as children and had a good lunch. Either my mom [...]
Do not fear, only believe. Mark 5:36 When your world collapses and all seems lost, only believe. That's easy for Jesus to say...I mean, He's Jesus. I think it's ok to be real with each other. Sometimes it doesn't seem that Jesus is enough. Did I say that? Yep. Sometimes it seems that Jesus is not [...]
What then? Are we to sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means. Romans 6:15 I find it interesting that we live in a time where discipline in homes has shifted from quick and swift discipline to time out and talks, trying to reason with children. Don't get [...]
Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your member to God as instruments for righteousness. Romans 6:13 Are you an instrument of unrighteousness? To be frank, Satan can use any part of your bodies [...]
So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin, therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Romans 6:11-12 "I'm trying so hard to live the Christian life, but things don't seem to work out. I revert to my old [...]
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. Galatians 5:14-15 The other day, I watched a segment on the news that showed two alligators in a wrestling match [...]