EVERYDAY BLESSINGS Psa. 147:1 ¶ Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful. It is good to give praise to our God. Everything we have; every possession, our home, our family, our job, even the talent to perform our jobs; all of …
SHANGHAI BOUND- MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS BAILEY “So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with …
THE HAPPY GOD 1Tim. 1:11 in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the happy God with which I have been entrusted. (My translation) “When we speak of God’s happiness, the account that we are wont to give of it is that God is infinitely happy in the enjoyment of himself, in perfectly beholding …
SPECIAL MIRACLES Acts 19:11 ¶ Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, Now to me, all miracles are special. Luke described the miracles in Ephesus as special or unusual miracles. Dick Mills called them “special specials”. Paul had seen lame people healed, and blind people restored, and even saw a dead boy …
CHRIST’S EXAMPLE Phil. 2:8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. I am not so sure which is the most stunning; the glory of God seen in the deity of Christ and the infinite attributes associated with …
GOD IS LOVE 1John 4:12-13 ¶ No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. All Christians have …
COMMOTIONS Luke 21:9 “But when you hear of wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately.” It’s easy to get “glazed over” with all of the horrific news we hear about daily. While the whole Boston thing was unfolding last week …
BOSTON TERRORISM AND FAILING HEARTS Luke 21:25-26 ¶ “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the …
IN THE BEGINNING- MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS BAILEY “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and …
FLOWING FROM THE THRONE Rev. 22:1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. One of the great pictures of the Holy Spirit is given by John in today’s verse. John said that this “river” was proceeding from the …
