Today’s Truth
“See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many” (Hebrews 12:15 NIV).
Friend To Friend
“She’s just a bitter old woman!” Have you ever heard someone described in that way? I have. And amazingly, when someone uses the word “bitter,” Read more…
Today’s Truth
“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because our anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires” (James 1:19 TNIV).
Friend To Friend
Anger – we all know what it looks and sounds like. The kids track mud through the house again, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength” Read more…
Today’s Truth
“I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength” Read more…
Today’s Truth
Jesus said, “What goes into a man’s mouth does not make him ‘unclean,’ but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him ‘unclean…But things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man ‘unclean’” (Matthew 15:11,18 NIV).
Friend to Friend
While it is the Holy Spirit that gives us the power to change the words we speak, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen” (Ephesians 4:29 NIV).
Friend to Friend
It was a daunting scene. Over 1,200 miles of Alaskan shoreline covered with black slimy crude oil, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Freely you have received, freely give” (Matthew 10:8).
Friend to Friend
This month, I’ve been examining the power of our words. So today, let’s take a look at how Jesus used his words with his friends and let’s learn from the best.
Jesus was the Master of believing the best in others and encouraging them to reach beyond their own limited view of their abilities. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as in fact you are doing” (I Thessalonians 5:11 NIV).
Friend to Friend
We are shaped by words from those who love us or refuse to love us. And we are shaped by the words of those who don’t even know our names. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Life and death are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21NIV).
Friend to Friend
I’ve always been amazed at the power restrained in a tiny atom too small to be seen by the naked eye. Fission, (splitting the tiny nucleus of an atom), or fusion, (joining nuclei together), have the potential to generate enough power to provide energy for an entire city or enough destructive potential to level an entire town. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit” Proverbs 18:21 (NIV).
Friend To Friend
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). When God created the world, stocked the seas with marine life and the skies with winged creatures – Read more…
