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For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit. (1 Thessalonians 4:7, 8 NIV) Forward Friday! Friday is good day to leave thoughts to help us move forward. We studied 1Thessalonians during Bible Study Fellowship this week. These are small books of the Bible, I encourage you to read and as you do, only way to go is forward. Our culture is embracing impurities, and lashes out in anger towards anyone trying to enlighten with truth. […]

Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.” (1 Samuel 2:30 ESV) Motivating Monday! Biblical knowledge- both OT and NT are important, deepens understanding of our past, present, and future.  Good and evil are constant in our midst. There is an underlying gravitational pull towards sin, countered only by our knowledge of God’s Word. […]

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7 NIV) Forward Friday! Hopefully, Congress will be back working soon. The American people need to be demanding and expecting elected individuals to be productive for our states and country, However, the democrat party seems endless with false allegations and wasting tax payers money. Even Christians who speak out against one of our most productive […]

And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard form the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ…(2 John:5-7a NIV) Motivating Monday! Tragedy struck our nation with news of Kobe Bryant’s death, his daughter, and seven others. One of the world’s best basketball players, he leaves behind a beautiful wife and three daughters. As heart wrenching […]

The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17 NIV) Motivating Monday! Societal confusion may not be new, as we reflect on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A day to honor and remember, though much needed thought each day of the year. When thinking back, time does not seem long ago. Freedom is not free- The King family lost a loved one, our nation lost a strong voice for humanity. Humanity can be described […]

But when he, the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own, he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make known to you. (John 16:13-15 NIV) Motivating Monday! Knowing it’s Monday, and I am thinking science. Remember the process of […]

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is life. Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men. Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way. For they cannot sleep till they make someone fall. (Proverbs 4:13-16 NIV) Forward Friday!  Proverbs may appear as do and do not’s, the commentary stated. I love how the commentary continued, “It’s coming from a Father who wants the very best for their child, developing the best things in life.” Who […]

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not swerve to the right or the left, keep your foot from evil. (Proverbs 4:23-27 NIV) Motivating Monday!  Happy fasting for all who have began the 21 day fast, many churches are involved nation-wide. God honors honest fasting like no other, in my personal opinion. When God sees […]

When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of chords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables, To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father’s house into a market!” His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.” […]