“Don’t judge me. (Hands held up in front)  I only ate three. “  All ears tuned in just as my five year old son was responding to his aunt’s question “Who ate all the candy while I was taking a nap?”  His quick response of course drew in several rounds ...

Isaiah 9:6 “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” The government will be on his shoulders; imagine that the government of the world ...

Let’s Talk About Fellowship By Joel B. Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day ...

Billions of dollars sit in ‘unclaimed funds’ accounts across the United States. The legal, rightful owners of monies (i.e. inheritances, refunds, settlements) ‘receive’ the allocation, but they never actually ‘get’ the monies…  It is hard to believe, isn’t it? Even odder, in all likelihood, many owners of these unclaimed funds ...

1John 4:4(NIV)—You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. The Holy Spirit, who is in us, is greater than the devil’s spirit who is in the world. We, who are God’s ...

Waiting On His Promises Resting on my knees I began to argue with myself about simple truths and a three-lettered word. My entire life stood in the balance before me uncertain of what the future held.  No longer could I continue to be the angry mother and unhappy wife that ...

“But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin the construction of a building without first getting estimates and then checking to see if he has enough money to pay the bills? Otherwise he might complete only the foundations before running out of funds. And then how ...

Genesis 37:3-4(NKJV)—3) Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors. 4) But when the brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could ...

Chipping Through Writer’s Block By Joel B. Exodus 4:11-12 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach ...

Imagine this conversation between Father God and one of His children: *Bring your heart to me, Child.  I want to draw close to you. Oh, no, Lord, I can’t.  It isn’t clean enough for you there. *Come, Child, bring your heart. Okay, Lord.  Here it is.  I want to be ...