Word-Of-The-Day: “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He (Jesus) who promised is faithful.” (Hebrews 10:23) We encounter our problems either by ignoring them and hope they go away, or we confront our problems and work to resolve them. I have had several posts regarding how we should face our problems using…
The photos of the devastation in Western North Carolina, in places I have spent many months, astound me; they leave me shaking my head. The videos of the storm surge along our coast and the aftermath simply hurt my heart because I know people live and are attached to all those areas. Yet I have…
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.’ (Romans 15:4); ‘Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise…
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory. (Hebrews 3:6) It’s the end of another calendar year. A new year always brings some hope; this will be the year Publishers Clearing House knocks…
I have heard it said, “Man can live about 40 days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air — but only one second without hope.” I am not sure if all the time frames are absolutes, but I do know that I need hope more than I need food, water…
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(23) Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. (24) And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, (25) not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as…
The coming of Christ the first time and His sacrificial death and subsequent resurrection ushered in a better hope than the Jews had known at that time. It also was a better hope for the rest of the world, which had been held at a distance from the God of the Israelites. The ancient world was…
Mark 10:46-52 tells of the encounter of Bartimaeus and Jesus, and the resulting life change Bartimaeus experienced. What change needs to happen in your life today? There are lessons to be learned from Bartimaeus. First, he had needs and did all that he could to satisfy those needs by begging. Imagine the work he had…
