Last week, I wrote that there was but one fruit of the Spirit (love) and from it sprung several, specific characteristics. Here is a recap of those characteristics: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,…  Continue reading...

REFLECT & REPLY: “And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God, among the trees of the garden.” Genesis 3:8 ESV What…  Continue reading...

Service is something that is unnatural to all of us. In fact, sometimes we come up with several excuses just to get out of it. But the Bible tells us that the starting point of serving God is by serving others. 1 Peter 4:10 tells us that…  Continue reading...

This week I am resuming “The One Lesson That Changed My Marriage” series and proceeding to where I last left off, the topic of love. Even after many years of being married, I have often wondered to myself why I am not exactly the most…  Continue reading...

Do the downloadable REFLECT and REPLY Sheet below: "For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." Romans 15:4 ESV 1.…  Continue reading...

For the third part of this series, I talk about honoring God with one’s wealth. The Word today shows Jesus teaching his disciples the true meaning of generosity. Generosity is essentially a matter of the heart. Jesus reveals that God looks…  Continue reading...

My wife Marie does not write very often, and she should, she is a much better writer than I am. At the start of this year she posted this article that I felt was worth posting to help us end the issues of the past year and have a great…  Continue reading...

Do the downloadable REFLECT and REPLY Sheet below: The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. Proverbs 21:5 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing…  Continue reading...

If we desire to honor God with our hearts and not just with our lips it will find its way in the way we conduct our lives. The Bible tells us to honor God with our bodies. But, what does that look like? Is that about going to the gym and…  Continue reading...

Happy New Year! Every year my family and I start the year with prayer and fasting. It usually starts on the first week of the year. One of the things I am fasting from this year is a week away from Social Media. For this reason, my weekly…  Continue reading...