Philippians 4:6 says, “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” As a young married couple, Donna and I took our newborn daughter, Lori, from Nampa to Lewiston, Idaho for a baby dedication and a five-generation picture. Sunday night we were driving […]

James 1:25 says, “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” John Hancock is known for his signing of the Declaration of Independence. The phrase, “Sign your John Hancock right here”

I Corinthians 13:8 states, “Charity never faileth…” You may have heard the saying, “You never know until you try it.” I found myself one morning on top of a mountain wanting to get my D-6 Cat moved back home twenty miles away. I hired a logger to haul it on his lowboy trailer. He couldn’t

Galatians 6:14-16 says, “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this

I Corinthians 16:15 & 16 says, “I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints.) That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.” Here we have a

Proverbs 19:17 says, “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.” Have you ever been overdrawn? If not, you haven’t lived yet. Lottery winners, prizefighters, builders, farmers—it can happen to anyone. Henry Ford and Nikola Tesla were hard-working men who gave

Acts 13:4 says, “So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.” In the past few years, there has been a push for teens to go on mission trips. Without being judgmental, I wonder how this ministry has worked out. I usually hear how much

Romans 13:10 says, “Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” When my brother and I were boys, we had a dog named Lady. She had a litter of pups. We kept one of the litter, a male, that we named Blackie. She had another litter. Again, we

Romans 12:2 says, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” You may be wondering what God’s will for your life is as you approach this new year. In Romans 12,

Matthew 2:1&2 says, “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.”