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‘Why are you downcast, O my soul?  Why so disturbed within me?  Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.’  Psalm 43:5 (NIV) Hope is such an important word, a big word.  It’s a word that encompasses our emotions.  It portrays a ...

Remember the Titanic and the ‘tip of the iceberg’?  You never know what lurks beneath and so it is with life.  Things are RARELY what they seem and our faith if no different.  We can talk a good game all day long, but when the rubber meets the road where ...

“This means that we should not do things that we like to do (that God does not want us to do) and do things that we do not like to do (but God wants us to do) so that He may be glorified.”    -Saeed Abedini Why should we pray ...

‘Yet He often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.’ Luke 5:16 (HCSB) Deserted places.  Sound ominous, don’t they? But are they always a ‘bad thing’? Jesus knew the value of being alone.  Never completely alone, but alone with His Father.  Even though Jesus was God, He also was a man. ...

Jesus said, ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.’  Matthew 5:4 (NIV) Our older Boston Terrier, Ziggy, was my buddy, my pal, my companion.  He followed me around from a wee pup until yesterday morning.  He was 8 1/2 years old.  He was my boy.  The picture ...