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Beware, My Friend!

Beware, My Friend!

““Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the hou...

Praying Woman Accosted by Canine Snuggle Muffins

“A merry heart does good, like medicine,…” Proverbs 17:22………….

I pray a whole lot throughout the day and night, continually communing with the Lord whether to pour out my heart to Him, to seek Him with questions, to pray for someone or something, to ask for help and strength, to hear Him chasten me, to praise and worship and adore Him, anything at all to be in His glorious presence. Sometimes I pray on my knees, and I certainly could do much more of that, and much of the time I pray wherever...

Return! Return! Return!

“The Lord said also to me… “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there played the harlot. And I said, after she had done all these things, ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it…yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also…And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense,” sa...

What Fills Your Mind?

““And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.” Mark 12:30………………….

“O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,

That you may be saved.

How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

For a voice declares from Dan

And proclaims affliction from Mount Ephraim:

“Make mention to the nations,

Yes, proclaim against Jerusalem,

That watchers come from a far country

And raise their voi...

Is Your Marriage Falling Apart?

“Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” 2 Cor. 5:9-10 NKJV……………..

“…For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written:

“As I live, says the Lord,

Every knee shall bow to Me,

And every tongue shall confess to God.”

So then each of us shall give account of hi...

The Lord Gave Me a Warning

The Lord Gave Me a Warning

“For in the time of trouble

He shall hide me in His pavilion;

In the secret place of His tabernacle

He shall hide me;

He shall set me high upon a rock.” Psalm 27:5…………………

One early morning the Lord gave me a strong warning about something I had fallen into countless times through the years and something I was right on the verge of falling back into. He wanted to stop me before I fell, and in His loving mercy He issued the warning. It wasn’t until later that morning...

the Old Lady Who Lived with her Boyfriend

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 NKJV…………..

Once upon a time an old lady lived with her boyfriend. But wait, this is a true story! And it’s not just true for the old lady and her boyfriend. It’s true for many. When it comes to sin. Please read on!

The 80-something woman lived with her 90-something boyfriend. She professed to believe in Christ, but when I talked with her in some depth, it appeared she did not understand...

I Was Sexually Abused

“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 Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and...

Sometimes Love Must Be Gentle

“I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel…Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?” 1 Cor. 4:14-21 NKJV…………….

Love wears many forms, doesn’t it? It shows up in all sorts of ways, don’t you think? Love is love, but it doesn’t always look, or feel, or sound or seem the same...

The Kindness of a Call

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”” John 13:34-35……………..

When I looked back at an especially challenging little season of my life, one thing stood out above all else when it came to my friends who knew what was going on. Only one of them had picked up the telephone, called me, and offered love and encouragement and asked me how I wa...