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]

Matthew 6:22, 23 (Amplified Bible) – “The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is sound, your entire body will be full of light.  But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you your […] [READ MORE]

Romans 12:2 (Amplified Bible) - "Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs] but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude]."  Certain times of the year, especially around the holidays […] [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]

2 Corinthians 4:18 – “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen, for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal”.  Honey I Shrunk the Kids, a 1989 comedy about an inventor who accidentally […] [READ MORE]

2 Chronicles 27:6 - "So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God."  One phrase that we hear a lot of in the 21st Century is "Rehab", most commonly associated with persons from all walks of life and all ages who are fighting addictions to drugs […] [READ MORE]

2 Thessalonians 1:3 – “We are bound to thank God always for you brethren, because your faith groweth exceedingly”  I saw a woman on TV the other day that, though she looked familiar, I had to jog my memory as to who she was.  She looked so different than I remembered […] [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]

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]

Proverbs 15:1 "A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger."  Had anyone "push your buttons" lately?  Or have you felt like mouthing off in the last day or two?  Or raised your voice at your kids this week?  I have.  How did it go?  First, I started […] [READ MORE]

James 4:7 "Submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you"  For the past two months, our dog Benny has undergone pool therapy in follow up to surgery for his torn ACL in his back leg.  By the way, the people who gave Benny to us over ten years ago named him after […] [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]

Isaiah 50:7 - "The Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded.  Therefore have I set my face like a flint and I know that I shall not be ashamed."  Have you ever found yourself feeling as if you've got far too many burdens, too many people depending […] [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]

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]

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]

1 Thessalonians 5:18 - "In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."  I read the most amazing book recently, now one of my favorites, Thank You Power, by Deborah Norville, the commentator for the television show, Inside Edition.  Though Ms. Norville is not […] [READ MORE]