Climb Up

  **Dear friends, This post was accidentally published last night as I have been going through old posts and doing some editing. It is about seven years old. Oops! But just maybe it is meant to minister to someone out there – that’s my prayer. Thanks for your...

Devotion :  What do You say?

Devotion :  What do You say? Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil. Matthew 5:37 ESV It was twelve years ago but it was a simple conversation with God that I will never forget. I stood in my living room staring out of the...

Agree with the One You Don’t Agree With

  Agree with your adversary quickly… Matthew 5:25 Notice Jesus doesn’t say, “Make your adversary agree with you” or “Try to work things out”. He simply tells us to do something oppositional. Agree and adversary. They don’t belong together. Oh, and make it fast....

The Lord is My Portion

“The Lord is my portion, says my soul. Therefore will I hope in Him.” Lamentations 3:24 NKJV “I just can’t understand a God who would allow such suffering in the world.” I wish this statement wasn’t so annoying to me. I’ve heard it often and it’s spoken sincerely, but...

More Precious than Diamonds

  But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 1 Corinthians 2:9 As soon as my left hand grabbed the hot coffee cup I knew something wasn’t right....

You Are My Hiding Place

You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. Psalm 32:7 NKJ I can still feel the smooth, cool branches of the huge maple tree on my hands and legs as I shimmied up the limbs, familiar with each...