You have probably never heard of Julia Johnston.  She was born in 1849 and died in 1919.   She wrote a song entitled “Grace Greater Than Our Sin.” The song comes from Paul’s words to the church in Rome.  He wrote in Romans 5:20-21.“As people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant. So just…

Billy Graham, one of my heroes of Faith,  wrote a devotional book called “Hope For Each Day.”  In one of his daily thoughts he says, “Without the clouds we wouldn’t be shielded from the burning sun. Without the clouds there would be no beautiful sunsets, without the clouds there would be no beneficial rain.”  In…

My hope for all who read this is that you find time to rest before the Lord this year and enjoy the days that He gives you.  Someone wrote that if we would look at everything as though we were seeing it for the first time or the last time our time on this earth…

During the Biblical days the horse was used to carry soldiers into battle.  Even into World War I and some in World War II the calvary was a part of the war machine.  One of my favorite movies is “War Horse.”  It is set in 1914 at the beginning of World War I.  The story…

My thoughts this morning are about  “New Beginnings.”  A new year is upon us.   What better time to let God do something new in our lives.  Paul tells us in Second Corinthians 5: 17 : ” Therefore if anyone is in Christ,  he is a new creation,  old things have passed away,  behold all things…

Rick Warren, pastor at Saddleback Church wrote a book entitled “Purpose Driven Life.”  He said before we were born, God had a plan for our lives.  Ephesians1:11 [Message Bible]  says,  “It’s in Christ that we find who we are and what we are living for.  Long before we first heard of Christ, He had His eye on…

When the writers of our Bible talk about King David they tell both the good and bad in his life.  He was King, he was a mighty warrior, he was a man with flaws but the best thing about him  is that he had a heart for God. Luke writes in Acts 13:22 that David was a man after God’s…

Last week I shared some of Paul’s writings from Romans chapter 12.  This is another lesson Paul teaches us from his Letter to the church in Rome.   After Paul says that we are to give our bodies [our very lives to God] as a holy sacrifice.  He gives us this advice.  “Don’t copy the behavior and…

I have spent the last days thanking God for getting me through this tough time in my life. If I haven’t told you, I thank you also for being so kind and supportive. It hasn’t been easy, but with God’s help, we can get through anything, right?    Sunday my message will come primarily from Romans 11 & 12. In…

You have heard me say that I have been reading out of Penny’s Bible the last couple of weeks.  It makes me feel glad and sad as I read the notes she wrote and read the Bible verses that she underlined.   Penny wrote in the very front of her Bible these words, “Who you are…