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Jesus Christ Is the Same
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8 During an evangelistic effort to large cities in our area, about five hundred people (one-fifth of them nonbelievers) came regularly to the big meeting hall. The meetings were also being broadcast on the Internet to other parts...
My Silk Dress
Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve… But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15 NIV Years ago, I wanted to have a silk dress but didn’t have money for the expensive fabric. Much later, I bought soft, shiny, silver-gray material for the beautiful dress that...
Genealogy
Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever. Psalm 112, 6 NIV Antonius Collegean was a spice merchant and trader who emigrated from France to Germany around 1695. He was a Huguenot who was persecuted for his faith. In Germany he married a native and started a famil...
Lydia
One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. Acts 16:14 NIV More than forty years ago, we visited the ruins of the old city of Philippi. I will never forget w...
Fear not
Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine. Isaiah 43:1 NKJV I love the words of Isaiah 43:1. Why? Because God knows that we face fears every day, yet He tells us never to be afraid. “Fear not” were the very words the angel spoke to Mary, the mother of Jesus (...
One Extra Sunday, Please
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 I sat at my desk, head in my cupped hands, and stared at my daily planner. I looked at the long list of items and sighed. I had done nothing I set out to do. There had been so many interruptions, all ...
Maximum Level of Perseverance
All the believers were one in heart and mind. Acts 4:32 NIV How suddenly things can change! On March 7, 2020, we had the joy of celebrating the International Women’s Day of Prayer with a great program and wonderful fellowship with lots of dear people from the church - women, men, children, and d...
Looking for Power
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how ...
Surprise, Surprise!
Surprise, Surprise!Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?“ or “Why are you talking with her?“ John 4:27 NIV Since the beginning of time, God has surprised His people, not always operating as they had come to expec...
Cheering up Agnes
In every thing give thanks. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Visits to Agnes frustrated me to no end. Agnes was a small, thin woman with bent shoulders and a wrinkled brow. A frown seemed to be permanently etched on her face, and her lips pinched tight with disapproval. “Hi, Agnes!“ I bounced into her tiny a...