Psalm 62:8 (NIV) - Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. SelahYou may be living with unpleasant memories and results from your past.Surrender them to Christ.Your present circumstances, either good or bad, might not be what you expected.Surrender them to Christ.You may be anxious about your future.Surrender it to Christ.Scripture tells us to always...  Read More

Exodus 19:17 (NIV) - Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.Moses was a leader.He was imperfect but, he was chosen by God to lead the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land.You are also a leader.God has placed you where you are.You have influence over others and opportunities to exercise this influence.It might amaze you to make a...  Read More

Romans 5:6-8 (NIV) - 6  You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7  Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8  But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.Today is Memorial Day.This is the day our nation remembers those who died...  Read More

If we were in a life-or-death situation and someone offered to save us, would we accept their help?I would like to think so.  The truth is we ARE in a life-or-death situation.  Solomon wrote to his son about wisdom and its value.Though we’ve already looked at it this week, let’s do so again: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to hi...  Read More

Proverbs 3:7-8—Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.  This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.“Do not be wise in your own eyes” is an explanation of what it means to lean on one’s own understanding from verse 5.  It means to regard our wisdom as better and greater than God’s wisdom.To fear the Lord and depart from evil is the natural result of trus...  Read More

Proverbs 3:5-6—Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.Solomon advised his son to live a life of trust in God.He had found that God was worthy to be trusted.It is our nature to put our trust in something or someone, even if it is our self.The word translated “trust” in verse 5 means to “lie...  Read More

Proverbs 3:3-4—Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.  Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.Solomon wisely told his son to keep God’s loyal love and faithfulness (truth) close, so close that it would be as if they were a necklace on him at all times and written “on the tablet of your heart.”Matth...  Read More

Proverbs 3:1—My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commands; for they will bring you many days, a full life, and well-being.Solomon’s fatherly advice to his son begins with a warning to never forget his teaching or his law.Solomon didn’t mean “my teaching” in the sense of his own personal decrees, but he was referring to God’s law.He advises his son to “let your heart keep m...  Read More

Everyone’s life is surrendered to something.It could be any number of things such as money, success, popularity, recreation, sports….The list goes on and on.Our greatest need is to be surrendered to Christ as our Savior and Lord.If you have not yet surrendered to Christ as your Savior, my prayer is that you will do so today by:Admitting you are a sinner      Romans 3:23 (NIV) – “for all have sinne...  Read More

Acts 15:37-40 (NIV) – “37  Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them,38  but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. 39  They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus, 40  but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace...  Read More

Colossians 3:23 (NIV) – “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.”We may think that our service to God is limited to church involvement.Scripture, however, teaches that each aspect of our lives is committed to him.Our jobs take on new meaning when we work at them for the Lord, not just for people.We will see work as an opportunity to serve God, grow in...  Read More

Galatians 2:20 (NIV) – “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”As Christ followers, our former self was crucified with Christ.Christ now lives in us.We are yielded to him.Each Christian now lives under the white flag of surrender to Christ.F.B. Meyer wrote,...  Read More