January, 2019

• 21 January

  Milk and Honey, or Slavery?

  

  For 50 years before the dawn of America’s Civil War, the people, places, and various hideouts on the Underground Railroad helped rescue slaves from the southern states, leading them towards freedom. The journey was filled with risks for both the slave, or passenger, and those offering assistance along the “railroad.”  ...

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• 16 January

  Stop Keeping Others Past In The Present and Future

  

  This is something we do so often. People make mistakes in their lives, they sin{we sin}, they seek God for forgiveness, and according to the scriptures: ”Jeremiah 31:34, The latter part of the verse reads,”….declares the Lord, for  I will forgive their iniquity and their sin will I remember no more.” ...

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• 14 January

  Where is God’s Searchlight Pointing in Your Life?

  

  If you have ever broken a bone, or fallen ill with pneumonia, or experienced a painful toothache, you have likely also benefited from the use of an x-ray in your diagnosis.  Before the accidental discovery of the x-ray in 1895 by German physicist Dr. Wilhelm Rontgen, surgery was often required ...

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• 7 January

  Keep Zero Burden

  

  A minimalist doesn’t keep unnecessary thing. Spiritually, we can learn to keep minimum or zero emotional/spiritual burden as well. God the Father has opened the Line through Jesus for me to call Him 24/7. Don’t be fooled by Satan who knows how powerful your “talk” with God is. Satan may ...

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• 7 January

  Is God Your Gardener?

  

  Canning in the summer months was once part of many American households. When my mother was a girl in the 1940’s, her mother had a large garden that helped to feed five children throughout the cold Illinois winters. My grandmother spent a week each summer as the season waned, canning ...

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December, 2018

• 31 December

  Difficulties in the Forecast

  

  My Dad grew up on a small farm during the Great Depression. He witnessed the struggles his mother and father went through in order to provide for him. They were not only his parents, but caregivers for his grandparents who could no longer live alone during a time when it ...

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• 24 December

  Moses and Sweet Pea: A Look at Traditions

  

  This merry time of year always brings thoughts of traditions past and present to mind. Moses and Sweet Pea are a new addition to my family’s annual tradition of selecting a live tree to cut and decorate. The little farm where we have picked out a tree each year for ...

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• 17 December

  What Would You Give Your Life For?

  

  “For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man… I feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of money if not my life.”  Wilbur Wright, 1900 Wilbur Wright believed that his flying machine was worth the cost. He was a ...

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• 12 December

  Miracles From The California Fires

  

  The town of Paradise was in the path of the “Camp Fire” in northern California. The fire burned down 95 percent of this town of 27,000 people. Pastor Doug Crowder of the Magalia Baptist Church was hustling to save over 30 residents and church members. They were in the church ...

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• 11 December

  Time To Stop Playing Church

  

  Every Sunday, churches are filled with those who are simply” playing” games with God. They line up in rows to watch the “show”. If it is good enough, they stay and even come back occasionally. However, if it is not entertaining, they will drift off. Stop with the plastic smiles, ...

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