“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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Salvation is not turning over a new leaf but receiving a new life. Our Daily Bread A friend sends me periodic e-mails, and every one of them has this weighty nugget at the end: “A good perspective, everyone should have one.”  If you are attracted to the wholesomeness of that e-mail ending, then follow me […]

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Let them praise His name with dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre. Psalm 149:3 My wife Cynthia and I enjoy a number of recreational activities; one of which is the focus of this message – dancing, I can remember taking dance lessons over sixty years ago; that’s right 60 years!  […]

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Do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God.  You are not your own, for you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body. 1Cor 6:19-20 When a carpenter builds a house, the house builds the carpenter too.  Along […]

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Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.  Colossians 3:13 NIV If you are like me, real forgiveness is intriguing because it’s simple, yet so difficult to truly exercise.  Years ago, I received the following anonymously written story that focused […]

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 “Words satisfy the soul as food satisfies the stomach; the right words on a person’s lips bring satisfaction.” Proverbs 18:20 I would never pretend to be a scientist, but I’ve learned that matter cannot be created or destroyed, only changed or transformed. If we run with this principle, it is possible to examine something rather mysterious–our spoken words. Whatever we […]

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