INITIATIVE

INITIATIVE A definition for the word “initiative” is “recognizing and doing what needs to be done before I am asked to do it.”  As good as this definition is, it is not adequate for the mature Christian.  We all know that we can take the initiative to do something...

JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY

JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY Whenever Mary Magdalene thought about Jesus, I suspect a melody like “joy unspeakable and full of glory…” started playing in her heart.  However, she had not always been a joyful person.  In fact she was downright mean at one...

CLOSE IS NOT ENOUGH

CLOSE IS NOT ENOUGH “Are you not the Christ?” the bleeding thief blurted out bitterly.. “Save yourself and us.” For nearly three hours he had been hanging by his hands nailed into this cross. Next to him was another One on another cross. Evidently He had persuaded...

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME   I glanced up at the clock. Six o’clock. I still had time to read another chapter. It was Sunday evening and I was getting ready to go to the Fellowship Room for the evening service, led by Ken Crowe. Suddenly, I realized that I was an hour...

Three Gifts

Three Gifts There are three gifts that I want God to give me.  These are gifts that the children of Israel did not have, even though they had seen Him guide them out of Egypt with mighty miracles, through the wilderness fed on manna, and to the edge of the land of...