Posts from 2020 (Page 4)

Ten Things to be Thankful for, Day 8: God’s Relentless Pursuit to Save Unworthy People (That Means All of Us.) Consider that the God of the Universe is pursuing you — just as you are — because He wants you to know Him. Consider how God pursued Jonah the prophet (Jonah Chapters 1 – 2) just as he was: Jonah must have looked sinfully ugly. He refused to do as God commanded and was trapped in the dismal belly of…

Ten Things to be Thankful For, Day 7: Give Thanks for the Freedom of Who You Want to Be (1 Corinthians 6:12 – 20) “‘All things are lawful for me,’ but not all things are helpful. ‘All things are lawful for me,’ but I will not be dominated by anything” (1 Corinthians 6:12). There have been times in my life where I wish I were a robot. There have been times in my life when I would be overwhelmed with…

Ten Things to be Thankful For, Day 6: Learning Something New Every Day “This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it” (Psalm 118:24, KJV). Have you ever thanked God for TODAY? A new day with the opportunities of serving our Lord and sharing the Good News of Jesus with everyone that you come in contact with throughout your day. Psalm 118 is centered on God, in a movement that expresses gratitude,…

Ten Things to Be Thankful For, Day 5: Forgiveness Making the Choice to Forgive One of the greatest books I have ever read is Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand. It is a biography about Louis Zamperini’s journey to Christ and his choice to forgive those who tortured him in the Japanese prison camps of World War II, personally. His journey was such an extraordinary event that the press followed the American Olympian and hero to Japan and chronicled the entire trip,…

Ten Things to Be Thankful For, Day 4: Another Day Have you ever had one of those mornings where you struggle to get out of bed? Not because your bed was too comfortable, or because you didn’t sleep well. Instead, you struggled to get out of bed because of what was waiting for you when you started your day. We’ve all had days where we didn’t have much to look forward to. Sometimes, life just overwhelms us — the details…

Ten Things to be Thankful For, Day 2: Family When we think of family, what comes to your mind? Are you thinking back to when you were a child, and all those memories come flooding back? One of my favorite memories with my father was no matter where we lived, we always met up at Allentown at Christmas time to shop for our wives. We would go downtown to Hess’s and then over to Leh’s to look at all the…

10 Things to Be Thankful For Day 1: Give Thanks to the Lord (1 Chronicles 16:8 – 36) “Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!” (1 Chronicles 16:8) King David sang these words after the ark of God was returned to its home in the tabernacle. It should have been there earlier, but if you go back to read Chapter 13 in the book of 1 Chronicles, you will discover…

Some of the Most Popular Verses in the Bible Day 10, #1: John 3:16 John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (NIV) God’s plan for human beings In eternity past, God created angel beings. Over time, the strongest one (Lucifer) got jealous of God’s power and authority. He rebelled against God and our Heavenly Father threw Lucifer and his…

Some of the Most Popular Verses in the Bible Day 9, #2: Matthew 6:33 A prescription for anxiety At the end of Matthew 6 Jesus is speaking to the crowd about anxiety. Many consider Matthew 6:33 the pinnacle of all comments in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus tells his disciples to, “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” Jesus had come to this pinnacle moment in the sermon…