God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
We love attention. We love to have people look up to us. However, Christ did not call us to follow Him and send us off to become the stars of the show. He did call for people who were willing to humble themselves. He has asked us to serve one another. Perhaps, instead of seeking... Continue Reading →
to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. Jude 1:25 NIV “Jesus loves me, this I know.” The children belted out the song that they knew well. They listened to stories and the lesson study. Then, when the... Continue Reading →
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3rd John 1:4 NIV It was the day of the week that they normally went to church, but they were very far from the nearest one. Along the banks of one of Africa´s great rivers, under immense acacia... Continue Reading →
If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 1st John 4:20 A certain church member stood firmly on her declaration of faith. She had ready texts to back... Continue Reading →
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1st John 3:18 NIV She was not his mother. She was not the boy´s grandmother either. She was just an elderly lady that knew the child´s family. When the boy came to her country to go to boarding... Continue Reading →
Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. 1st Peter 3:8 NIV Their mother was doing the best she could as a single mom. She had to work a lot and it was difficult to keep two boys occupied with their time. When... Continue Reading →
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1st Peter 2:5 NIV Separated by miles and even seas, they watched the house take shape. They had all built houses before but this time it was not... Continue Reading →
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 1st Peter 1:8 NIV Early one morning, in a part of the country where elephant and lion roamed, some children wandered up a... Continue Reading →
Forgiveness, as we see it today, does not always go as far as Jesus or our Father in Heaven wants us to forgive. It needs to get down below our pain. It needs to get right into our heart to where it becomes a part of how we love our brother and sister in Christ.... 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 →
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