Easter Devotional – He Is Risen The Passion The Passion refers to the lengths Jesus went through to show us God’s love, which began in the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus prepared Himself for what He was about to face. “And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops […]

Retirement: God Provided Assistance As we get older, as grey starts popping out of our heads, when we become a little more tired and worn out we wonder, “Is God finished with me? Is it time for someone else, someone younger to come and pick up the mantle of ministry?” The answer is no. Our […]

God Did Much More As Jesus hung on the cross, there were those who mocked and ridiculed Him. They said, “He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him.” (Matthew 27:42) But Jesus did so much more. […]

Love: the Great Essential What is an essential? In life it’s water, food, and air. In school it’s reading, writing, and arithmetic. In baseball it’s hitting, pitching, and fielding. In basketball it’s offence, defense, and will you please make a foul shot. Webster’s defines essentials as relating to or constituting the essence of something, and […]

Love: The Great Apologetic Whenever we hear the word “apology” we think of its more common usage, which is “an admission of error, or the acknowledging of a fault.” But the term “apologetics” comes from the Greek word that literally means to speak in defense of something. Early Christians who defended the faith were then […]

Love: the Great Authenticator Seeing that love is life’s driving priority, Jesus has several things to say about it. We’ve seen how love is God’s Great Commandment, and it’s through our love that we authenticate God’s call upon our lives. Jesus said that it’s love that demonstrates to the world that our faith is real. […]

Love: the Great Commandment Love is life’s driving priority. Jesus made love life’s defining principle. He does so in several ways. The first way is stating that our love for God and for others is the first and greatest commandment. “‘And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your […]

Love: Life’s Driving Priority For centuries, if not millenniums people have been looking for love. And if I could borrow the lyrics and title from an old country western song, they’ve been looking for love in all the wrong places. How else can we explain the record setting number of divorces, the increase in pornography, […]

Weeping Nights Turns Into Joyful Mornings Living in this world isn’t easy. There are all sorts of things Satan has designed to bring and keep us down. But greater is the Lord within us than all that Satan throws against us. So no matter how down we may be, God’s joy will lift us up […]

Building God’s Temple What really is the Lord’s house that we should be building? While David couldn’t build the Temple because he was a man of war and had spilt much blood, 1 Chronicles 28:3, he did prepare everything necessary to build it for his son, Solomon. He said to the people, “Now set your […]