We Need You Lord- Prayer

 Psalm 36:5-9 5 Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,    your faithfulness to the skies.6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,    your justice like the great deep.    You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!    People take refuge in the shadow of your…

Sovereign Over All – Prayer

Lord, we thank you that you are God and sovereign over all your creation. Nothing escapes your attention and you will hold us accountable for our thoughts, words and actions. May this cause us to want to do what pleases…

Asking Tough Questions

I am going to start by asking several tough questions that I hope you will ponder and meditate on in the coming days and weeks as we live through COVID-19 and beyond. Worry, Fear, Anxiety, and Stress What causes us…

Christ’s Sacrifice

We remember Christ’s sacrifice every Sunday with communion, so that communion does not just become a Christian ritual, it is just as important to “remember” why it was necessary.  Christ said “do this in remembrance of me.”   Well, what about…

Living the New Life

After my husband’s death, I was reminiscing with my mother-in-law who shared with me that she had never seen anyone change more than Richard did in coming to Christ. She added to her statement, “It’s a good thing Marty or…

Abiding in God’s Favor

God’s Favor It’s been more than a year since my husband died and it is hard for me to comprehend the magnitude of God’s favor I have experienced over that period of time. After Richard died, I cried out to…

Being Transformed by Jesus

How dramatically different life can be with a transformed mind!  The news is full of people committing actions that they can only do because they are not in their right minds. Where does transformation start? How can we achieve right-mindedness? What are the…

Why Do I Do What I Do?

“What? Why in the world did I do that?” Have you ever said that to yourself right after you were done doing whatever it was you did? Do you look at others close to you or in the news and…