Word-Of-The-Day: ‘“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.’ (Isaiah 55:8) For those of us in southwest Florida, we are of course thankful that 2025 has been a year free from hurricanes coming to our region, and overall avoiding to strike the United States at all. With…
Word-Of-The-Day: “Don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Today is sufficient in its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:34) There is a lot to be concerned about in our lives. Some are concerned about their health or financial situations (long-term or short-term), or in a broader scope things such as global peace…
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(2) <God said,> “The people who survive the sword will find favor in the wilderness; I will come to give rest to Israel.” (3) “…I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.”’ (Jeremiah 31:2-3) There are those of us who are Faithful who believe that there is…
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘<Jesus said,> “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.’ (Matthew 24:6) Thanks in part to the use of American and British long-range missiles by Ukraine against Russia, the fear of a nuclear…
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when He comes, those who belong to Him.’ (1 Corinthians 15:23) As I look out the window and see a sunny day today, with the outdoor thermometer providing an Arctic-like sub-70 degree reading (62 – brrrrr!) here in southwest Florida. I’m expecting an Inuit hunting party…
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(12b) <Paul writes in his Epistle to Philippi> …continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, (13) for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose.’ (Philippians 2:12b-13) We always seem to be in one sense very blessed and then in…
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.’ (Ephesians 2:10) The late Soviet dissident Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn provided a quote should be something we all consider: “It makes me happier and most secure to think that I do not have to plan…
Are we God’s creation or God’s children? We scratched the surface of this in today’s sermon. There is no disputing that we are God’s creation. Genesis 1-2 gives us the account of God’s creation of man. We see the care and trust God gave to man as Adam was placed in the Garden and given…
