Enter in His Courts with Thanksgiving Growing up, I sang this song every time we came together for church. “I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart. I will enter His courts with praise. I will say this is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice for...

Disappointment - His Appointment The 1970s were wonder-years for me. I became a teenager in 1973. I had an emotional crisis, which led me to fully devote my life to Christ in 1974. And Christian Contemporary Music was coming of age. Young Christians in the 70s enjoyed...

Election Day Whenever I begin to feel that outside forces control my destiny, I remember the words of Jesus to Pilate. At the time, Jesus was facing crucifixion. Pilate thought that he had the power to sentence or release Jesus. In John chapter 19, verse 10, Pilate...

Peace of Mind Comes by Prayer Philippians 4:6-7 (KJV) tell us to "be careful of nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your...

Daily Prayer In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, we are admonished to "Pray without ceasing." This passage could be interpreted in two different ways, and I like and apply both nuances. On the one hand, it is beneficial to have a regular prayer time. Tennessee Ernie Ford used to...

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. The specific reference for the above is 1 Peter 5:7. Many believe that Peter was inspired by Psalm 55:22, which says, "Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous...

Think of Others as Better than Yourself “What! Are you kidding me?!?  No one is better than me!” We are taught to be proud, look out for number one, assert our needs and wants, and demand our rights, and yet when we look to Jesus, we see a much different picture. In...

Jehovah Jireh The Lord Will Provide The God we love and serve is known to His people by His name. In the Old Testament, the Lord expressed a specific attribute of His personality in His name. In Genesis 22, we read the story of Abraham, who, in obedience to God's call...

Beauty for Ashes Isaiah 61:3 says, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to… give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of...

All Things Are Become New The King James Version of 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore if any (person) be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” This has always been one of my favorite passages. What a...