5R series

“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”—2Corinthians 3:18 KJV A friend shared with me an enlightening moment in her life. For years, she didn’t get along with her …

“Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”—Mark 4:8 BSB My grandmother use to say the best experiences are the ones that are bought paid for. I don’t know why, but it seems like we really don’t believe the …

Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: “Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously, for we will offer the sacrifices of our lips.” –Hosea 14:2 NKJV Hosea married a woman who kept making a promise of fidelity, but he forever had to go and bring her home from another lover …

“I have heard many things; miserable comforters are you all.”—Job16:2 NKJV Light is essential for everything. It helps plants grow, it diminishes depression, it can communicate messages, it is used in the field of medicine, and it is even a cleanser able to rid the earth of dangerous pathogens. At first glance, light appears to …

“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.’”—Jeremiah 29:11ESV Years ago, long before GPS, we primitive people relied on maps and gas station attendants for directions. On one particular day, I was visiting a friend in …

“And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus.”—Luke 1:31 Imagine it’s the present year (2021), and a sixteen-year-old girl says she’s pregnant, but she has never been with a man before. Oh, and another thing … her baby is going to be the Savior …

Matthew 17:12 NKJV “But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise, the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands.” Peter, James, and John had an opportunity to see something that no one else witnessed — …

Matthew 25:18 NKJV “But he who had received one went and dug in the ground and hid his lord’s money.” When I was a young child, I saw a toy I wanted in the store. The price was 15 dollars, but I only had one dollar, so I went home that day feeling pretty upset …

Psalms 102:6 KJV “I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.” The destruction of 9/11 will forever be etched in the minds of all who were alive to see it. Up until that time, our country had lived in an atmosphere of safety, but that day, as …