“To live is Christ, and to die is gain”Philippians 1:21
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I don't know how many people noticed that I recently changed my profile picture for this page. Well, I have to tell you, I love my little snowbirds so much that I have to rerun the article that I wrote the night that I f…
Read message"Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wis…
Read messageThe ancient Greek philosopher Socrates made a very wise observation about how to live in this life and be happy: “Luxury is artificial poverty, and contentment is natural wealth.” I was so taken back by this statement up…
Read message"The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool... The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. The Lord at thy rig…
Read messageThe reason that many people just can’t simply believe God’s love and care for them, and entrust their whole lives to him, is that he is just too good to be true. And I admit it, he really is. This world has been steeped…
Read message"Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully" (Psm. 24:3,4). It seems a…
Read messageThere is no greater gift or capacity than to have what Jesus called “an ear to hear.” Often times after speaking absolute truth he would say, “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.” In giving the messages to John on t…
Read messageIf you have a cavity in a tooth, what do you do? You go to the dentist of course. And why do you go to the dentist? To get the cavity filled, right? But why do you get the cavity filled? Because if you don't, the cavity…
Read messageThere are two ways by which man can be 'justified,' or made right with God, whether supposedly or truly. One is his own way, which produces only his own fruit in his life; and the other is God's way, which produces God's…
Read messageIn Deuteronomy 28, the great 'blessings and curses' chapter, there are thirteen verses that describe the blessings for the obedience of God's people to his will. On the other hand there are fifty four verses that detail…
Read message"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world" (Rom. 10:17,18). Have you eve…
Read message"And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve…
Read message"And hope maketh not ashamed; for the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the holy Ghost which is given unto us." (Romans 5:5). In order for us to understand what it takes for us to have the love of God in our li…
Read messageWhatever happened to the spirit of the Bereans, whom the scripture says “were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether t…
Read message"For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit" (I Cor. 12:13). I do not believe that there is any one sc…
Read messageI had a man tell me the other night that his young daughter, about five years old, wanted to know if she would be lost because some of her hair came out when she ran a comb through it. He thought that was so sweet, seein…
Read messageHere today I would like to present a question that many people ask, if they are opposed to the reality that the baptism of the holy Ghost with the sign of speaking in tongues is the true experience of being born again: "…
Read messageThe entire fifteenth chapter of Luke is comprised of Jesus teaching the scribes and Pharisees the lesson of being merciful. The parable of the lost sheep, and of the woman who lost one of her pieces of silver, and of the…
Read messageYou've probably heard the old hymn called "He's Got the Whole World in his Hands." When it's all said and done that pretty much sums up the whole of having faith in God. This is the truth first because it's true, and sec…
Read messageThe scripture says that “the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us” (Rom. 5:5). And I Tim. 1:5 tells us: “Now the end of the commandment is [love] out of a pure heart, and of a…
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