If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. James 1:5 One of the greatest AHA’S of our life came over twenty-five years ago when my wife to be Cynthia and I attended our first pre-marital advisory session that […]

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Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Ps 37:4 I made popcorn a few nights ago. Consider this: All I had to do was take a flame-resistant bag of corn kernels, follow the “this-side-up” directions, stick it into a microwave oven, press a built-in “popcorn” button, wait for 120 seconds, […]

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I delight to do Your will, my God; Your instruction resides within me. Psalm 40:8 Suppose you were told you were a major heir in a wealthy relative’s will.  Would you be content to simply believe it, or would you make a move to know it for sure? Wouldn’t reading and understanding the specific details […]

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Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually! 1 Chronicles 16:11  I was reflecting on a trip my wife Cynthia and I took several years ago to Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.  It had been described in a traveler’s guide as a living history museum where costumed interpreters helped visitors to experience […]

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Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6 Clearly, these are perilous and ambiguous times in which we live.  It is in such times of advancing godlessness and lawlessness […]

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“The time has come,” he said. The Kingdom of God has come near.  Repent and believe the good news.”  Mark 1:15 I can’t remember a time in my seventy-five plus years of life when there were heavier doses of slanted hostility, division, deception, and gloom describing our vital signs in the media headlines. One would […]

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You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit–fruit that will remain–so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. John 15:16 A testimony is a solemn written or verbal statement made for the purpose of establishing a fact. There is […]

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Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. Isaiah 41:10 Sometimes necessity is too strong to ignore.  May this Message of Hope respond to a current necessity in the kindest, […]

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Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and lean not on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Prov 3:5-6 If we can agree that life throws more challenges than solutions, then let’s look together at what Solomon, the wisest man in the Bible, suggested as […]

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“I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfils His purpose for me. Psalm 57:2 I never imagined how visiting National Parks in the United States would become a mission field and a major focus of my later life’s purpose.  It started several years ago when I went along with my wife’s dream […]

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