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...

THE RAIN FALLS ON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST

THE RAIN FALLS ON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST Jesus stunned the multitudes when He said, “You have heard that it has been said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, ‘Love your enemies. Bless them who curse you. Do good to them that hate...

That Powerful Name of Jesus

That Powerful Name of Jesus Have you ever meditated upon the Name of Jesus? He has a more excellent Name than the angels (Heb 1:4). His Name is “far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named” (Ephesians 1:21)....