New Season in Life

 Autumn has arrived and Summer is gone - the weather is changing, the trees are losing their leaves and the sun is going down a little earlier each day. My friend, a new season in our lives has begun. 

As we face each new day, Be kind to one another and show God's love as we don't know what another person is going through. John 15:12 'This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you' 

If you are struggling and going through a tough time, know that you are not alone. It is through Christ that we can endure, it is through Christ that we get our strength as it says in Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength."  

Christ said he would never leave us...as we see in Hebrews 13:5 "For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." 

My friend, the seasons may change, but our Lord never does. He cares for you and is with you always through the good times and the bad - through every season of life. Draw near to God in prayer and Bible study, talk with Him daily and build your relationship with Him. 

I Love you Lord

My friend, can you say with the Psalmist 'Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against you!' ~ Psalm 119:11

Each time we study God's word we build up a library within in our heart of key verses that will help in our time of need. As we feed our spirit with God's word it empowers us to face life's challenges.

I challenge you this week as you go through your daily routine, to be conscience of God's presence in your life. The more you are in His word and conscience of His presence, the more you will trust Him.

When we TRUST God, our lives will be
Transformed as we
Relinquish control and
Ultimately make Christ Lord of our lives. It is through Christ that we have
Strength to endure the trials and adversities that we will face and
Truly have us Thanking God in everything!

Live for Jesus Christ

Christ could have proven he was the Son of God and not suffered the death of the cross, but my friend, it was the cross where He took all our sins upon Himself and bore the wrath of God so that we would be able to live with God throughout eternity.


Listen to what Christ tells his disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane as they went to defend him when they came to arrest Christ in Matthew 26:53: "Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?". Then He goes on to tell us the reason for not taking the easy way out in verse fifty-four: "But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?".

Having seen that God loved us enough that He did not spare even His own Son and that Christ the Son of God did not refuse to suffer the painful death of the cross and take the easy way out, how can we lack for hope today, even in these tough times? Christ became for us both the basis of our hope, and our ultimate example of hope.

Times may get tough, but we serve a loving God who understands the pain you feel. Look to the Cross, live each moment of every day for Christ to bring honor and glory to His name! Trust in the One True God for He does have a plan and purpose for our lives! Seek Him and His Will for your life! Live as a Child of God not a child of man. Christ is our hope and He is coming back to take us home to live with Him throughout eternity.

Have a blessed day

Lord, I lift my family and friends up to you in prayer. May you be the center of our lives as we face life's challenges this week Lord. In Jesus name we pray, Amen

Don't refuse God's help

Are we so Heavenly minded that we miss God's blessings?


For example, “There was this man who was drowning in the river and as he was fighting for his life, he trusted that God would save him. A boat came up to help him and he refused their help saying “God is going to save me”. As the man was still floating in the river, barley keeping his head above the water, another boat came and threw him a life jacket. The man again refused the help saying “God is going to save me”. Finally the man could not stay above the water any longer and he drowned. When he got to heaven he said to God “Lord why didn’t you save me?” God replied, “I sent you two boats and a life jacket and you refused them”.

The point is, God uses things to provide for us, so we need to make sure that we don’t refuse what God is sending to provide for our needs. Sometimes God uses things, sometimes He uses people to help provide for our needs. We just have to make sure that we worship God who provides for our needs and Not the things or people he uses to meet our need. Things in and of themselves are not bad – it is what we do with them.

Remember, Surrender everything to God as He will never fail you!
~ And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

Leap of Faith

Take a Leap of Faith this Leap Year ...


Galatians 2:20 'I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me'.

Trusting God in the ups and downs

Life seems to be like a roller-coaster going up and down through good times and bad times; and you know, one of the hardest things to do on a roller-coaster is let go, the natural instinct is to hang on isn't it.


1 Peter 5:7 tells us that we are to cast all our anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. How many times do we go through life's roller-coasters hanging on? Sometimes it is hard to let go isn't it. My friend, if we are to experience peace in our souls in times of adversity, we must come to a place where we truly believe that God is in control and let go. We need to stop focusing on the reasons for our difficulties and seek what God is trying to show us through the adversities. We need to come to a place where we can say "God, I do not have to understand why but I will trust you that you see the whole picture and you know what is best even when I don't see it or understand it."

1 Peter 5:7 tells us that we are to cast all our anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. Did you hear that? God cares for you! Christ is more concerned about us than we could possibly be about ourselves. We need to trust him and quit asking why! We need to trust him knowing that he has a plan and purpose for our lives.

My friend, Christ cares for you, so quit worrying. Cast all your cares, all your anxiety on him. Let go and trust in God! As A.W. Tozer said "Once I put everything on the altar and Leave it there, the brightness of God's smiling face will be seen."

Daily Living for Christ

God made you for a reason and a purpose! He has given you, individually, the talents you have and the ability to accomplish the opportunities he has set before you to serve Him. The question is, 'What have you done with your talents and those opportunities?'


As it says in Romans 14:12 'we will all stand before Christ at the Judgment Seat and give an account for what we have done with the opportunities that have been set before us.' My friend, I want to be able to stand before Jesus Christ and hear Him say 'Well done, good and faithful servant' and I know you want the same.

Vance Havner ~ A Christian is not a citizen of earth trying to get to heaven, but a citizen of heaven making his way through this world. ~

Remember this life here on earth is temporary! Live your lives for Christ every moment of every day and be aware of the opportunities that God has given you.

My Soul Thirsts for God

My friend, we need to have a thirst for God! Salvation is not a means to an end, it is only the beginning to a glorious pursuit of knowing and loving God. Sadly, some have said “I have accepted Jesus Christ into my life and that is enough, I am content knowing I am a child of God”.


Is that “enough” for you? Or do you want to say as David said, "As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirst for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? Psalm 42:1-2

David wrote Psalm 63 when he was in the wilderness of Judah. Verse One says: 'O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.'

It says in Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.”

Thirst for God my friend, get to know Him and fully give your lives to Him. Quench your thirst by being in God's word daily, pursuing a deeper relationship with God!

Nourishment to our Soul

What a wonderful picture we see in the book of Jeremiah of finding Joy and Delight in our hearts as we feed on God's word!


Jeremiah 15:16 'Your words were found and I ate them, and Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I have been called by Your name.'

Bible Study is essential to our Christian Walk bringing spiritual nourishment to our souls! It empowers us to live for the Lord in every aspect of our lives. My friend as you delight in God's word, reflect on what it is saying. Don't just rush through the scripture, meditate on it. Before you start reading, ask God to reveal what He wants you to learn through it; and then obey what it says. The more we spend in God's word the more we will be equipped to handle any circumstance that comes our way and we won't fall apart.

My Heart's Desire

In Philippians 3:10 we see an expression of the deepest heart cry - the desire to know Christ in an ever-increasing intimate, personal way.


Philippians 3:10 'I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.'

Repeatedly in the Bible, we see men and women of God drawn into a deeper relationship with God through adversity. It is no question that adversity is difficult, and it usually hits where we are the most vulnerable. Perhaps the most valuable way we profit from adversity is in the deepening of our relationship with God. Through adversity we learn to bow before His sovereignty, to trust His wisdom, and to experience the consolations of His love. We begin to pass from knowing about God (head knowledge) to knowing God himself in a personal and intimate way (heart knowledge). We need to come to a place in our lives where we hunger and thirst for the word of God and progressively grow in our relationship with God.

Happy New Year

Wishing All my family and friends and blessed New Year!


We can face whatever the new year may bring when we put our faith and trust in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are beginning a new year, a new chapter in our lives, new opportunities and new possibilities. Let us begin this year placing our full trust in the Lord knowing He has a plan and purpose for our lives. Face each circumstance knowing God is with you and will never forsake you. Daily ask the Lord to guide you in the way you should go.

Lord, there is nothing that is going to happen this year that you and I can't handle together! Looking forward to a year of spiritual growth and pursuing a deeper relationship with God.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. ~ Jeremiah 29:11-12

Looking back

As the year comes to an end, we look back on everything that happened during the year. We see through life's lens the Lord's presence in our lives, leading and guiding us throughout the year.


We are Thankful for the strength that The Lord gave us as we went through various trials; thankful for a peace in our hearts through tragedy and struggles; and thankful for the many blessings given us throughout the year. We praise you Lord that you were with us every moment of a day.

The most important thing to ask ourselves as we look back would be: Has our relationship with God grown since the beginning of the year; Have we lived our lives, to the best of our ability with the opportunities God had set before us for Christ; Did we give God our best or were we preoccupied with worldly things; Did we give our time - spending quality time with the Lord in Bible study and prayer; Were we aware of His presence in our daily lives?

Colossians 3:15-17 'And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.'

Then as we look forward to the coming of the new year we are reminded of Proverbs 27:1 says 'Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.' We need to live a day at a time as we don't know what the next day will hold. We never know when our last day may be, when the rapture will come and we stand before our Lord and answer to Him as to what we did in His name. My friend, this life, as we know it here on Earth, is just a temporary home. We never know when the Lord shall return; therefore, we should always live each day as unto the Lord. Be ready, be faithful and live each day as unto the Lord. Let's make 2016 a year of spiritual growth, of pursuing a deeper relationship with God. Let us decrease and the Lord increase as we draw closer to Him.

Beginning of a new day

As our feet hit the floor each morning, we go into automatic pilot as we prepare ourselves in our daily routines for the day ahead of us. However, the question begs to be asked, How much time do we spend preparing ourselves spiritually?


Do we start our day in prayer thanking God for this day He has given us, asking Him to guide us according to His will and to give us strength to face the day no matter what circumstances come our way? Do we read God's word to help equip us for what the day brings?

It is so tempting to sleep in until the very last minute getting all the rest you can before you have to face the day; However, I have found that the days I started my day off with the Lord were the days that I was able to have patience with those people that test us, I was able to see my circumstances through Christ's eyes knowing He is in total control instead of getting frustrated.

My friend, scripture tells us in Ephesians 6:12 that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against spiritual forces that want to discourage us and bring us down. We need to equip ourselves every morning with God's word. 2 Timothy 3:16 ~ All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness.

Start your day off with God and continually be aware of His presence in your life all day long. Stand firm in you faith!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all our Family and Friends! May you have a blessed day as we celebrate the birth of our Savior. God bless you all.


Luke 2:11-14 Today in the town of David (Bethlehem) a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

Accept God's Gift Today

Don't allow the commercial side of Christmas rob you of the true joy of Christmas! Stop for a second and remember the reason for the Christmas season - Jesus Christ.


John 3:17 'For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved'

Thank God for the greatest gift - the Gift of His Son rather than the material gifts that will one day fade away. Share Christ this Christmas, the Greatest Gift that will have eternal rewards!

It is easy To accept God's Gift: "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." ~ Romans 10:9

Here is a sample prayer:
"Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness. I believe that You died for my sins. I now invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my personal Lord and Savior. In Jesus' name. Amen." ~

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

Surrender all to Jesus

You can see Jesus Christ - King of kings and Lord of lords in every Christmas light, in every flickering candle, in every light source for He is the Light of the World!


Surrender Everything to Him! God gave His only Son for you - Give to Him a life that is honoring to Him. Allow God's light to shine through you!!!

All to Jesus I surrender; All to Him I freely give. I will ever love and trust Him, In His presence daily live. I surrender all. All to Thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender all. Have you made Jesus Christ Lord of your Life?

Psalms 31:14 'But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord; I say 'You are my God'.

Think before you speak

What testimony are we leaving? Are our words Truthful, Helpful, Inspirational, Necessary, and Kind?


We need to think before we speak and make sure a godly testimony is displayed in our speech as well as our conduct. What we say usually ends up in action and sometimes that action is defending ourselves because we said something before thinking. Matthew 12:34 '...For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.'. If there is a genuine faith in the heart, the accompanying works will be both appropriate speech and conduct.

Remember this acronym when it comes to our speech: THINK = Truthful, Helpful, Inspirational, Necessary, Kind.

Remembering our loved ones

As the Memories of our loved ones flood our minds we are reminded, as Christians, that one day we will be reunited with them ~ what a glorious day that will be!


The Lord understands your grief and is with you; May you feel God's loving arms around you bringing peace and comfort to your soul. ~ Psalm 34:18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

Thank you Lord for being with us and for the gift of Salvation! It is easy To accept God's Gift: "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." ~ Romans 10:9

Here is a sample prayer:
"Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness. I believe that You died for my sins. I now invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my personal Lord and Savior. In Jesus' name. Amen." ~

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

Brighten someone's day

A Christmas Candle is a lovely thing: it makes no noise at all, but softly gives itself away; while quite unselfish, it grows small. ~ Eva K. Logue ~


I love this quote - as we count down the days to Christmas it just seems fitting to talk about the Christmas Candle.

Christ is the Light of the World and as Christians we are to live our lives so that Christ's light shines through us. Just like this Christmas Candle, the flame of Christ burns brightly within us and we too can unselfishly give of ourselves to others, quietly without a lot of fanfare, without any expectation of a thank-you in return, simply giving of ourselves unconditionally so that Christ will be glorified. John 3:30 'He must increase, but I must decrease.'

My friend, allow Christ's flame to burn within you this Christmas season and throughout the coming year and brighten someone else's day.