God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins. James 5:20 NIV On a ranch way out in Africa, the children went exploring one day. They walked up into the hills behind the homesteads. The boys were seeking adventure.... Continue Reading →
You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near. James 5:8 NIV Driving South took hours. For the children, each hour seemed an eternity. Every so often one of them would not be able to contain it any longer and would ask, “How much further is it?” The mother would... Continue Reading →
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. James 4:11 NIV The boys were at it again. They could easily see the flaw in... Continue Reading →
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing right. James 2:8 NIV A family returned from living in the mission fields. They found a house near the church and the school and settled down. It was not long before another family they had... Continue Reading →
He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar. Hebrews 7:13 NIV There was no way to tell just how old the man was. He was small and now slightly stooped in posture. But there was a spring in... Continue Reading →
Test everything. Hold on to the good. 1st Thessalonians 5:21 The boy had a mind of his own. Whenever his parents told him no, that was just what the boy wanted to do. He was not like his siblings who could be more easily reasoned with. Years went by and his parents gave... Continue Reading →
he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will Ephesians 1:5 NIV They took a teenaged boy from a different country into their home. They treated him as if he were their own son. He had his own family back in his own country,... Continue Reading →
For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder. 2nd Corinthians 12:20 NIV It was... Continue Reading →
Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, Romans 3:29 NIV Christians rightly believe that they have passed from having merely an earthly family to having a Heavenly one too. While we may still be allowed to maintain our relation to our family... Continue Reading →
In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. "He who has ears... Continue Reading →
Searching For Christ 