The Overcoming Power of Love

The Overcoming Power of Love

With all the problems we see in the world today, it’s easy to become entangled by worry and fear. So how do we break free? The answer is found in 1 John 4:18, which says, perfect love casts out fear. We get rid of fear through love. God doesn’t call us just to love...
What Jesus Promises You in the Storms of Life

What Jesus Promises You in the Storms of Life

William Shakespeare had a tremendous grasp of life and human nature.  “When sorrows come,” he wrote, “they come not single file but in battalions.”  My mother used to say, “When it rains, it pours!” meaning essentially the same thing. Nobody apart from a sadistic...
Laminated and Barcoded

Laminated and Barcoded

A lot of stuff happens because they should. An egg can’t be an egg apart from its shell. Onions would be blah without their skin. A fetus won’t thrive outside the amniotic sac in its mommy’s womb. Skin covers us from the elements like the sun’s...
How Much Do You Need to be Satisfied?

How Much Do You Need to be Satisfied?

How much is enough?  Have you ever pondered the question in relation to your own lifestyle?  When John D. Rockefeller was asked how much money it would take to be satisfied, he replied, “Just a little bit more!” “It is not the rich man only who is...
Ten House Rules

Ten House Rules

Rules are made for our safety and be­nefit. Imagine if there were no rules in basketball games, then players can freely elbow their opponents. Imagine if there were no traffic rules … Imagine just how more chaotic the world will be if there weren’t laws that citizens...