Thrive, not just Survive!
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.I know what it is to be in need, and I…
A New Year Every Morning
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “…my spirit is depressed. Yet hope returns when I remember this one thing: The Lord’s unfailing love and mercy still continue, fresh as the morning, as sure as the sunrise.” …
Top Ten Predictions for 2013
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will…
Christmas Connections
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “And Mary said: ‘My soul praises the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior . . .” — Luke 1:46,47 One of the fun things to do in…
People Are Watching You – The Gift of Our Military
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 I’ve been working on this writing for at least five years. And…
The Christ Effect
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. . . All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ‘The virgin will be…
Saying Good-bye
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.” — Acts 1:11 “They will…
In His Hands
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.” My times are in Your hands . . .” - Psalm 31:14,15 Sometimes it’s a refreshing spiritual…
Making a Difference
She was a lay leader in her unit—deployed for seven months. Before she left we spent time together talking about her hopes for spiritual growth in herself, and her unit, during this time away from home. So when she returned it was a joy to link up and hear about what she had observed and experienced from her time away—visiting foreign ports, leading the chapel praise team, praying and reading devotions for those who gathered for fellowship and study. But I caught some doubt and discouragement in her voice.
The 23rd Psalm–“Two Ways of Doing Life”
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. . . . . . and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. — Psalm 23:6 It was the very last word that my Mother said—“forever.” Every…