A Great Prayer

I want to share a quick thought today. Psalm 12 begins with one of the most profound prayers, and most important prayers we can offer: “Help, LORD;” We will pray it often when we understand how great He is. -PB

Coming Clean

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Ps 51:10. Sadly it seems that sometimes we Children of God must fall and be disciplined to get back to a place of humility and contrition. Thank God He is faithful! -PB

Free to Stand

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” Gal 5:1 This verse is an old favorite of mine, I think I memorized it when 34 years ago. Something that I just realized today...

Working in Faith

“For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.” James 2:26 While good works don’t earn salvation, non-believers can do good works, and believers sometimes do evil works, the works of a believer reflect faith. When...

Are you mad?

Twice in Jonah chapter 4 God asked Jonah “Doest thou well to be angry?” (vss 4&9). It is instructive that Jonah continued to justify his anger, but God continued to show that His plan is correct. What are we angry about? Are we like Jonah and not feel...

Choose Well

Sometimes life’s choices seem difficult, but they can usually be boiled down to some very simple terms no matter how complicated they seem. Here are some guidelines: Realize you have a choice Pray about the choice Ask yourself if this decision will take you...