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Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  A Grateful Heart   "Forgiven much, loves much" (Luke 7:47).  "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus." (1 Thessalonians 5:18) We all get text unsolicited text and other electronic messages.  A lot of times, we are annoyed at the random anonymous messages that we receive from unknown people of winning prizes, join for free dinners, and other offers.  Even more scary are the messages, that say that you have an order waiting at UPS or Amazon or your credit card has been charged and then ask to call a number back.  Please delete all such messages immediately for your security. But the modern technology can give us unintended blessings. Jim and Lori wer...

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here If Only Someone Could Help Me!   Have you ever felt sorry about yourself that you asked ‘how are you’ to someone? I asked a guy in a another church one Sunday, "How are you?" His answer was: “I was fine until you asked.”  I felt sorry that I asked. Jesus felt sorry not about himself, but about the man when he asked, “Do you want to be healed?”  He got an answer that had no connection to the question. You have heard people saying, 'God Helps those who helps themselves'. Some believe that this is from the Bible. It is not in the Bible. Greek philosopher Sophocles wrote “heaven ne’er helps the men who. will not act.” In fact, the Bible teaches that God is a helper to the helpless. Here in the scripture re...

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  Sower, Seed and Soil   Matthew 13:1-9 Jesus taught many things during his time of ministry in this world. The scripture says or the gospel writers say that he taught them in parables.   Parables are little stories that Jesus used to teach spiritual things. Things that are not easy to understand he used small little stories that simple stories that people can understand and relate that to the spiritual truth and other deep truths that he wants to bring out. So that is what Parable is. A parable is not to be taken in itself and give an interpretation other than what Jesus explained it there.   And a lot of times people get confused with Parables and fables also with proverbs. Parables are just simpl...

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  A Tale of Two Widows    “Wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. Thus and more may the Lord do to me if anything but death parts me from you." " (Ruth 1:16). For centuries, wedding service orders have looked to Ruth's famous words as a standard of unfailing devotion to each other. Although we live more than 3,000 years after Ruth, we can almost feel her emotions as we hear these words repeated in the modern marriage ceremony. Truly her words are timeless. Few examples can compare to that of Ruth's devotion to Naomi. Ruth's loyal devotion can inspire us to remain faithful to God, His truth and the Church. Life's momentous...