Recently I read that small acts of intentional love actually trigger our brains into releasing oxytocin, which literally lifts our spirits into a natural high state. Giving gives us a positive emotion and a natural high. Maybe that is why GOD calls us to give to others. GIVE OF YOUR TIME, TALENT AND RESOURCES Give … More KEEP GIVING
YOUR gracious and good FATHER holds your world……….did you know? Our GOD holds all of it, not just some of it. And HE holds all of you and all of me too! GOD MADE YOU HIS WORLD BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN BORN That thought should be quite a comfort to you……..I know it is for me! … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
When JESUS was born, oh how the angels must have sung a beautiful song of glory! Can you imagine? Oh, the gift of song and melody. Oh, the gift of music for our ears to hear! If you listen carefully, you will hear that sweet sound of Christmas. The sounds are all around us this time … More FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA!
Especially at Christmastime…….GOD sent the gift to us here on earth and it not only is the greatest gift ever given, but it’s the greatest story ever told and the greatest grace you will ever experience. EMMANUEL………GOD IS WITH US! Thousands of years ago……..on that starry night an even brighter star showed the way for … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
The LORD finds a way doesn’t HE? HE knocks and we need to open that door of time in our lives. Time to give HIM, time to be with HIM. Our time is the most precious gift we have every day so how we spend it matters. Will you open that door to HIM today? … More SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
If you take a peak in the back of your Bible you will see a list of weights and measures. I haven’t ever paid much attention to them really, but they are there for a reason. There are Biblical equivalents compared to American and Metric equivalents. In Romans Paul tells us to think with sober … More MEASURE OF FAITH
We are all familiar with the amazing miracle of the feeding of the five thousand. JESUS in HIS infinite mercy broke bread and fed the masses! I was reading this account this morning and one sentence jumped out at me about HIS breaking of the bread that he blessed and broke and gave……. MATTHEW 14: … More HE TOOK BREAD AND BROKE……
May we live our lives according to the Greatest Commandment. I am so very blessed that my Church really embraces this commandment. We are reminded of it often…….. MATTHEW 22: 37-39 “JESUS REPLIED: “LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND. THIS IS THE … More A RIGHTEOUS IMPACT
Oh that I may know him…….let this be our hearts desire. PHILIPPIANS 3:10 “THAT I MAY KNOW HIM…….” Let us continually seek a relationship with JESUS. Because HE who died for us, is also alive in us! And so we trust HIM, because trusting HIM with all that we are is to know HIM, truly … More OH THAT WE MAY KNOW HIM!
In some places of the country a late night fire is warm to the soul when the night has cooled down. People are drawn to the fire…….people sit around fire pits to chat and enjoy fellowship with one another. WE ARE DRAWN TO THE LIGHT. Oh that our hearts would be a flame held fast … More STAY CLOSE TO THE FLAME – SUNDAY REFLECTIONS
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