Dying to the Past

Dying to the Past

I heard Chuck Pierce say in a recent message, “A lot of people won’t look back at their past and ask the Lord to bring it up to their present moment. They want to look back at their past and live in the emotions of the past. You have to stand firm in your present...
Our First Love

Our First Love

During my morning Bible reading and prayer time, I like to listen to instrumental worship music.  I’m less likely to be distracted by what’s going on in another part of the house if I have music in the background.    My favorites are on some of the YouTube channels. ...
The Sinner and the Stones

The Sinner and the Stones

From John 8:3-11     Her body was pressed into the ground.  The sand cut her face.  Her feet were blistered from the march across the city.  They hadn’t allowed her to put on her sandals or her head scarf.  They’d hardly given her time to cover up with her...
Spring Spectacle

Spring Spectacle

  Tomorrow is Easter – Resurrection Sunday.  My Bible is open before me, the scripture describing the brutal beating and horrific death of our Lord staring up at me from the pages.  I ponder the events, the reality of what the Lord did for me.  He took my sins,...
Clean the Lenses!

Clean the Lenses!

My car is ten years old and has 126,000 miles on the engine.  It runs great, has had no major problems.  The body is starting rust (Northern New York winters take a major toll on a car’s body); the clear-coat is cracking and peeling, but under the hood, it still runs...