Posts made in March, 2022

Real and Lasting Joy “Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.” John 16:22, NKJV Have you noticed how easily happiness can leave us? Have you noticed how simple it is for your gladness of today to become your sadness of tomorrow? Have you noticed how the people you thought were your friends today can become your enemies tomorrow? Have you noticed that...

Christianity Is Not For Sissies “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” Luke 9:23, NKJV To seriously follow Christ is not easy.  It’s not difficult to pray the prayer of salvation and be baptized but it’s something totally different to follow Christ on a daily basis. That’s not too easy. In fact, that can be the challenge of our life. In our scripture for the day, Jesus...

Don’t Let Satan Steal Your Joy “Restore to me the joy of Your salvation”, Psalm 51:12, NKJV I have heard it said many times over the years, “I have lost the joy of my salvation”. Usually this is said during times of trouble and/or stress in one’s life. Have you ever felt that you have lost the joy of your salvation? It happens and it happens quite often. In our scripture for the day, David, God’s anointed King of Israel, admits...

Let The Past Stay The Past “…..but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind……. Philippians 3:13-14, NKJV A heavy load that most of us carry around is our past. We may have some regrets about the past, we may feel guilty about the past and we may even be bitter about something that has happened in our past. Our verse for today is from the Apostle Paul who told us that in order for him to move forward in his life, he...

Run Forrest, Run “…….let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” Hebrews 12:1, NKJV On a designated day of the week, we can gather all of our trash that we have accumulated, and set it at the curb and the trash company hauls it off for us. I often wonder, as I am taking the trash to the curb, how do we accumulate so much trash? The good thing...