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]

Romans 4:5 (Amplified Bible) – “But to one who, not working [by the law], trusts (believes fully) in Him Who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited to him as righteousness (the standing acceptable to God).”  “My bad”.  Used to hear this a lot, but not as much anymore, guess it […] [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 8:37 - “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us”.   As a boxing fan, one of the most memorable championship fights in history was the famous “No Mas Fight” in November, 1980, which was the second fight between Sugar Ray Leonard and […] [READ MORE]

Proverbs 18:21 "Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof".  When this new year began, I started a Bible study from Kenneth Copeland's Believers Voice of Victory broadcast called 100 Days of Prosperity with Pastor George Pearsons.  It has […] [READ MORE]

Proverbs 16:7 (Amplified Bible) "When a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him".  I like golf.  Especially the final round of a tournament on a Sunday afternoon.  My favorite golfer, and one of my favorite athletes, is Tiger Woods.  I know, some […] [READ MORE]

Genesis 31:41 - “I have been twenty years in your house, I served you these fourteen years for your two daughters, and six for your cattle, and you have changed my wages ten times.”  I just read a story about a groundbreaking, precedent setting court case that will affect pre-nuptial agreements […] [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]

Ephesians 3:12 – “In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.”  Remember years ago when you would check into a hotel and they would give you an actual key to your room, not a card, but a real key?  I guess it was too costly […] [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]

Romans 2:4 – “…it’s the goodness of God that leads you to repentance”.  For so long, Satan has trapped people into a sin consciousness, always thinking about what’s “wrong”, a performance based system of measuring our worth, accusing us of every little thing.  That’s a lousy way to live, but so […] [READ MORE]

2 Corinthians 3:18 (Amplified Bible) – “And all of us, 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 {and} from one degree […] [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]

Matthew 1:18  “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.”  You've probably heard the phrase, “You can’t judge a book by its cover”, or maybe “looks can […] [READ MORE]

Romans 8:37 – “What shall we say to these things?  If God be for us, who can be against us”.  I’ve only played golf a handful of times in my life, tennis is really my game, but I love to watch golf.  For those of you who watch golf, you must […] [READ MORE]

John 8:32 - “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”.  In 1996, about six weeks before our daughter Joy was expected, I received a phone call from the hospital where my wife had spent many months, saying that today was the day that she was […] [READ MORE]

Daniel 3:19 – “Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury and his face became distorted and full of rage, he commanded the furnace be heated seven times hotter.”  I’m at the drive-through at KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken).  Instead of ordering the traditional or extra crispy chicken, I ordered the hot and spicy  […] [READ MORE]

Hebrews 12:23 - "To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect".  In my travels up and down the New Jersey turnpike, around exit four, I always take notice of […] [READ MORE]

Hebrews 10:2 - "For then would they not have ceased to be offered?  Because tat worshippers once purged should have no more conscience of sin."  Yesterday, I was watching one of my favorite Bible teachers, Andrew Womack, and they were doing a special on Discipleship.  They featured two people that had […] [READ MORE]

Matthew 15:27 - "And she said, truth Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the masters table".  I recently read about a posh hotel opening in Chelse NY, catering solely to pampered dogs.  For $100 per night the suite comes complete with a fitness spa, gourmet meals […] [READ MORE]

Hebrews 12:3 - "Consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds".Did you know that the state of New Jersey has established what is called a "safe surrender" program offering persons wanted by the police for non-violent crimes to turn […] [READ MORE]

Galatians 4:4 (Amplified Bible) - "But when the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman".  Being that we are in the middle of baseball season, you know that I'm going to have at least one (maybe two) E-messages on this sport that I love so […] [READ MORE]

Exodus 3:8 - "I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land into a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey…" Sweet Lord!  The Episcopal Bishop of New York recently welcomed […] [READ MORE]