Thought For Today: “Faith and Faithfulness Required” It all begins with our faith in Jesus Christ. The Bible says that it is by grace through faith that we are saved and there is nothing to add to that formula. Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of … Read more

Thought For Today: “God Nailed It” When we love someone, we find many ways to show it. We buy gifts and cards proclaiming our undying love. Yet, the divorce rate in our country continues to rise, and domestic violence has increased. I guess our love is not as undying as we thought. The Father’s love, … Read more

Thought for Today: “Rejecting Jesus Results in a Bad Ending” In Jesus’s parable of the minas, I’m sure that people would like Him to have ended on a positive note. Instead, he ended it with executions for those who rejected his authority and didn’t want him to reign over them. “But bring here those enemies … Read more

Thought For Today: “When God’s Word Is Hard To Find” “The word of the Lord was rare in those days, there was no widespread revelation.” (1 Samuel 3:1) Three Reasons: 1) They were in open disobedience to God’s word. 2) The leaders didn’t know, nor did they teach the commandments of God. 3) They tended … Read more

Thought For Today: “Need Hope, Personalize God’s Word” Are you feeling down and discouraged? Need some hope? Take the Bible and personalize it. God’s word, the Bible is God’s love letter to each one of us. So instead of reading it in some detached way that doesn’t relate, attach yourself to the word by putting … Read more

Thought for Today: “Sowing and Reaping” We can’t expect big things to happen when we pray small. We can never get more out when we put so little in. We reap what we sow. “He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” (2 Corinthians 9:6) We … Read more

Thought for Today: “God Hears Prayers of Humility” The Bible says that pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall (Proverbs 1:18). What pride does in prayer is that it gives us a false sense of self-sufficiency. When asked for prayer, a prideful person says, “I’m alright. There’s really nothing I need … Read more

Thought for Today: “God Hears Prayers of Helplessness” There has been a tendency on the part of our government, courts, schools, and even churches agreeing with Sociologists, Psychologists and all other “ologists” that people need to raise their self-esteem. The theory goes that if we do nothing to make people feel bad about themselves; and … Read more

Thought For Today: “Pray, Something Will Happen” We’re told to take everything to God in prayer. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ … Read more

Thought for Today: “Come to the Light” The Bible says that God has rescued us from out of the Kingdom of darkness, and its power over the lives of men, and into the kingdom of light through His Son, Jesus Christ. “For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the … Read more

Thought For Today: “Only With God” When the tribe of Judah went to take the city of Jerusalem, it doesn’t say they didn’t drive them out, but rather they couldn’t (Joshua 15:63). Why? The details are missing; but there is a greater truth? Jerusalem was going to be God’s dwelling place, a place set apart … Read more

Thought For Today: “Religion Verses Relationship” What’s amazing is that given enough time religion can actually squeeze the life out of reality. Maybe I can say it this way, religion can suck the life out of our relationship with God. Throughout time, both before Jesus was born and crucified, and afterwards, religion has taken the … Read more

Thought For Today: “People of The Way” When Paul was speaking before the Sanhedrin, he called those he persecuted as “followers of this Way” (Acts 22:4). The word “way,” in the Hebrew means a person’s walk, or way and manner of life. In other words, Christians stood out wherever they were or in whatever situation … Read more

Thought For Today: “The Denominational Error” Denominations were a part of the first church. It all began in Corinth. You had the Paul denomination, Apollos denomination, and Cephas denomination. You even had the “Christ” denomination. “One of you says, ‘I follow Paul;’ another, ‘I follow Apollos;’ another, ‘I follow Cephas;’ still another, ‘I follow Christ.’” … Read more

Thought For Today: “Family Statement of Faith” The Bible makes clear our responsibility as parents to our children. “These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down … Read more

Thought For Today: “Loving God” A dad walked by his young daughter’s bedroom and saw her playing on the floor surrounded by her dolls and stuffed animals. Crocodile tears were streaming down her face. He asked, “What’s wrong honey?” She looked up and whispered, “Dad, I love them…I love them…I love them. But they never … Read more

Thought For Today: “Prepare Yourself in Quiet” The Spirit’s anointing upon our public witness flows from our private time with the Lord. David was anointed by Samuel to be king, but this was only the confirmation of what the Lord had already done in David’s life in the quite times. How is our quite time? … Read more

Thought For Today: “Keeping Our Word” E.M. Bounds said, “The church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men…He does not anoint plans, but men – men of prayer!” C.S. Lewis said, “Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one – the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without … Read more

Thought For Today: “God Looks In Not Out” As believers in Jesus Christ, we are men and women after God’s own heart. This is brought out within the Bible in many places; but none more telling than the choosing of David as God’s anointed king. None of his family even considered David a likely candidate. … Read more

Thought For Today: “Mercy verses Judgment” God wonderfully tempers His judgments with a great deal of mercy. Consider Moses. He disobeyed God, and his punishment was that he could not enter the land. So, what did God do? He took him to the top of Mount Nebo and showed him the land of promise. For … Read more