Matthew 13:55 - "Is not this the carpenter's Son? Is not His mother called Mary? And are not His brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?"  My two sisters and I are one year apart.  When we were growing up, as siblings sometimes do, especially girls, we would monitor each […] [READ MORE]

Proverbs 3:5-6 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean to your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight”.   Early this month, one of my favorite athletes, Tim Tebow, arrived at the New York Jets training camp […] [READ MORE]

2 Corinthians 2:14 - "Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the savor of His knowledge by us in every place."  The 1972 season Miami Dolphins football team remains the only National Football League team to win the Super Bowl with a […] [READ MORE]

Proverbs 19:22 - "Kindness makes a man attractive."  It's Valentine's Day!  Love is in the air!  Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet 43 begins "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...".  Well, what I found out recently is the things us men count as important sometimes aren't as important as […] [READ MORE]

Psalm 24:7 “Lift up your heads…that the King of glory may come in.”  David wrote in Psalm 40:12, “For innumerable evils have compassed me about; my iniquities have taken such hold on me that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head, and […] [READ MORE]

Romans 2:15 (Amplified Bible) - “They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts {and} are operating there, with which their consciences (sense of right and wrong) also bear witness; and their [moral] decisions (their arguments of reason, their condemning or approving thoughts) will accuse or […] [READ MORE]

Philippians 1:7 - "Even as it is meet [righteous, proper] for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart."  Did you know your children are in your heart?  You carry your children in your heart the same way God carries you in His heart.  You […] [READ MORE]

Matthew 22:37, 39 - "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and though shalt love they neighbor as thyself".   In the not so distant past, my family, especially my daughter, was amazed to find that I had […] [READ MORE]

Mark 9:23 - "Jesus said unto him, if thou can believe, all things are possible to him that believeth."   There is a phenomenon in professional football that is taking the country by storm...a young man named Tim Tebow, a second year quarterback for the Denver Broncos. Though he lead his […] [READ MORE]

Isaiah 61:3 - "To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness."  One Sunday morning before church, my wife, Natalie, and I were having a great time in prayer, when she […] [READ MORE]

Philippians 3:13 "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before".  In the sports world, there is a famous concept called "the 24 hour rule", win or lose, the game becomes […] [READ MORE]

Romans 1:20 - "For the invisible things of God, from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even this eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse"  Last week, I was sitting on my back porch, feeling very overwhelmed about […] [READ MORE]

Amos 9:11 - "In that day, I will restore David's fallen tent.  I will repair its broken places, restore its ruins, and build it as it used to be." A while back I was at a banquet center in Woodbridge, NJ, enjoying a lively celebration, when the police showed up in […] [READ MORE]

"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. " 2 Corinthians 5:21 For many years I've heard, "I'm the healed that the enemy is trying to make sick", which is such a powerful truth  […] [READ MORE]

Titus 2:3-4 "The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things, that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children."  As I was giving some simple advice to a young mother several weeks ago […] [READ MORE]

Genesis 2:24 - "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall become one flesh."  I heard a story last week that gave new meaning to the term "hole in one".  While playing a round of golf in San Paulo, Brazil, a […] [READ MORE]

Romans 8:31 - "What can we say to these things?  If God be for us, who can be against us?"  With the coming of Spring comes golf...hey, you guys in Florida, quit laughing, I know you play golf all year round!  There is a word that golfers use when their ball […] [READ MORE]

Ephesians 2:10 (Amplified Bible) “For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life […] [READ MORE]

Genesis 2:24 - "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall become one flesh."  I heard a story last week that gave new meaning to the term "hole in one".  While playing a round of golf in San Paulo, Brazil, a […] [READ MORE]

Colossians 3:15 (Amplified Bible) - "And let the peace [soul harmony which comes] from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds."  Sadly, my brother Robby went home to be with the Lord this past New Year's Eve  […] [READ MORE]

1 John 4:19 (Amplified Bible) - "We love Him, because He first loved us"  There are so many ways we exchange love between ourselves.  We give flowers, gifts and cards.  We do special things that we know someone will like.  We give a reassuring glance that says, "I believe in you.  […] [READ MORE]

 Judges 16:22 "Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven". This past Sunday was a special day for all football fans, Super Bowl Sunday!  Even people that don't really like football probably got together with friends, watched at least some of the game, the pre-game entertainment […] [READ MORE]

Matthew 14:30 (The Living Bible) - "But when he looked around at the high waves, he was terrified and began to sink, 'Save me Lord!', he shouted.  Instantly Jesus reached out his hand and grabbed him."  I read a wonderful story the other day about an 11 year-old girl, named Sarah […] [READ MORE]

2 Corinthians 3:18 (Amplified Bible)  "And we all, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor from one degree of glory to […] [READ MORE]

2 Corinthians 12:9 “…for My strength is made perfect in weakness”  Whether fasting is a normal part of your walk with the Lord, or something you haven’t really given much thought to, please consider these words from the book Rewards of Fasting by Mike Bickle and Dana Chandler…  Fasting is a call […] [READ MORE]