God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 1st John 3:9 NIV The little guy was walking around his garden one day with some friends. They passed by where the gardener had the... Continue Reading →
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 1st John 1:5 NIV They left the paved road behind and climbed into the Southern California hills. As they left the city lights behind them the only light they had... Continue Reading →
When we get together in the name of the Lord, what is it that we pray for? Do we pray for peace or an easy time in this life? Or do we bring God our hearts and ask Him for more of His Son in our lives?
Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. Hebrews 10:11 NIV Every week they held mass in a chapel at the religious institution where she worked. One day, when it was time to go forward and partake... Continue Reading →
How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! Hebrews 9:14 NIV The teenager followed the fading two-track road that wound between the hills. He spotted a... Continue Reading →
For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. Hebrews 8:7 NIV The child knew he should not do it. He had repeatedly heard the rule all his life. But to his parent´s surprise and disappointment, he stepped over the line. He disobeyed.... Continue Reading →
For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. Hebrews 3:4 NIV A teenager took a job building houses one summer. He found out straight away that it was very hard work. Because his woodworking skills were not yet developed, he had to do all the tedious tasks of... Continue Reading →
They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. 1st Timothy 4:3 NIV They met at the beach. Two families laid out their towels and began to enjoy the holiday. The children played... Continue Reading →
But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 2nd Thessalonians 2:13 NIV In a seaside town somewhere in Venezuela a man met a couple who... 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 →
Searching For Christ 