John 15:11 ¶ “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. I remember just like it was yesterday the day I discovered the joy of the Lord. I had been hearing strange reports of people laughing in church services but didn’t give …
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.” ACTS 10:4 God never forgets his prayers he puts within us. He needs our voice to utter his promises over the earth. Each season that passes he sends his rain to water our precious seeds. …
John 12:3 Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. Judas was offended by what he considered waste of a valuable substance, the costly perfume. He had no idea …
There were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made? Mark 14:4 John’s gospel makes it very clear, this controversy about waste was stirred up by Judas. It’s funny, as much as things change nothing ever changes. When I was first entering into the ministry …
John 12:3 Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. Worship is all about beauty. When something is striking we can’t help ourselves; beauty and greatness turns us all …
MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS- “For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in [the] Holy Spirit” Rom. 14:17 What a lot of ruckus with the election and the “peaceful transfer of power”! Goodness gracious it does make one want to learn more of our nation, its issues …
When the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward. Exodus 40:36 This is what made the children of Israel different from all of the other nations of the world, the presence of God was with them. The presence brought them protection, guidance, and light. The presence of God …
It was the good pleasure of God . . . to reveal his Son in me. Galatians 1:15–16 One of the strangest statements in the Bible was this, “among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater …
“Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21 Salvation is supernatural, it is totally the work of God. Do you remember the day you were saved or born again? It happens in many different ways but has very similar effects in all of us. It usually starts with a …
Phil. 3:7,8 ¶ But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain …
