Choices!
But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. (Joshua 24:15) Sometimes we are lured in very easily. Two brothers were getting ready to boil some eggs to color for Easter. “I’ll give you a dollar if you let me break three of these on your head,” said the older one. [...]
What’s In A Name?
What’s In A Name? Ill-gotten gain gets you nowhere; an honest life is immortal. (Proverbs 10:2, The Message) A few years ago, Bill Cosby began his book, “Fatherhood,” with these words: “So you’ve decided to have a child. You’ve decided to give up quiet evenings with good books and lazy weekends with good music, [...]
Cuppa Christ is Available Now!
Cuppa Christ Coffee Break Devotions for the Busy Christian Cuppa Christ is a Coffee Break devotional for busy Christians. It is a forty-day journey of positive, encouraging, uplifting meditations designed to be read quickly. Each mediation is sprinkled with a little humor, or an absolutely useless bit of trivial information to fill your day. [...]
Give It A Rest
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30) [...]
Your Troubles Are My Troubles
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. (1 Thessalonians 5:11) The need for comfort is one of the most basic needs that we have. We all need comfort and encouragement when the dark days of discouragement find their way into our life. We can see from Paul’s teaching [...]
We Have To Grow
He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!” And God granted him his request. (1 Chronicles 4:10, NLT) Growth is essential to any [...]
Step Into The Water
Step Into the Water For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. . .(John 5:4) We need something that we cannot get anywhere else. We need [...]
Blessed Are The Merciful
Matthew 5:7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.” (Matthew 5:7 NASB) We live in a world where it’s so easy to become callused and indifferent. We are bombarded daily with news of tragedies, violent acts, and suffering people. Living sanely in such a world often necessitates developing a certain amount of thick [...]
Never Give Up
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31) Zig Ziglar, American motivational speaker and author, said “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” Giving up is easy! Staying strong and [...]