August 31, 2023 “LOVE” “I love you!” As the world-renowned “star” was finishing his performance, someone in the audience shouted those words. His seemingly automatic response was, “I love you too!” (Sidenote: A friend of mine, who really is a celebrity, told me years ago, that she learned early never to accept being called a star, because …
AUGUST 17, 2023 What Name Does God Have for You? “Jeremiah told him, God has a new name for you: not Pashur but Danger-Everywhere, because God says, ‘you’re a danger to yourself and everyone around you’” (Jeremiah 20:3 MSG). What Name Does God Have for You? “Forty-Five” makes up negative names to call everyone …
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AUGUST 10,2023 Because He Loved Us, He Made Us Wait! “Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days” (John 11:5,6 NIV). Because He Loved Us, He Made Us Wait! Daddy began, “Most holy and everlasting God, our Father, once …
Stay focused! August 3, 2023 Stay Focused! Distractions are most often cunningly disguised within our attractions to get us to abandon our God-ordained purpose. “She saw that the tree was beautiful, and its fruit looked delicious…So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband who was with …
July 27, 2023 Keepin’ it 100! Can Christians have filth and evil in their lives? How long have you been a Christian? James is writing to Jewish believers, Jews who have accepted Christ and have His word planted in their hearts. In other words, he is writing to Christians. God said, “If my people who are called …
July 20, 2023 What’s Happening? Walking swiftly across the rolling hills and verdant green on the campus of North Carolina Central University to get to my 8:00 a.m. class in the fall of 1972, I was frequently greeted by passersby with, “What’s happening?” I confess that initially, I had no idea how to respond. Was it a …
July 6, 2023 What are You Thinking About? “May all my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the LORD” (Psalm 104:34 NIV). So many thoughts race through my mind in the course of a day, an hour, a minute. Most of them are on auto-pilot. I don’t have to do anything to bring …
June 8, 2023 LEADERSHIP When I retired from the principalship almost five years ago, some parents gave me a canvas painting. It has tropical …
June 1, 2023 The Slingshot! Sometimes God uses simple things as a reminder that we must get good instructions from Him before venturing out to use the gifts He has given us. “In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well.” (Rom. 12:6a NLT) The Slingshot!In my early childhood most of …