“Neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength” (Neh. 8:10). “The oil of joy calms down the waves of trouble.” — Andrew Bonar “Life need not be easy to be joyful. Joy is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of Christ.” — William Vander Hoven “The Christian’s midnight...
“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.” (Pro. 12:18) An elderly woman was experiencing hearing difficulties. Her children wanted her to get a hearing aid. This mother plainly told her children, “I don’t want a hearing aid.” They responded, “But Mom, it will help...
Putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. . . . Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Ephesians 4:25, 29 Have you ever felt the...
“I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do” (John 17:4). The alarm clock sounds and you are off and running. The “To Do List” for the day flashes through your mind. There are meals to prepare, lunches to pack, laundry piles to tackle, a house to clean, and errands to run. If...
“God will not give an easy journey to the Promised Land, but He will give a safe one.” — Andrew Bonar “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” — Bertha Calloway “We are always in the forge or on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.” —...
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” (Gen. 2:24) “Leaving” one’s parents and “cleaving” to your mate signifies a new order. This new arrangement marks a distinct partnership. When two unique individuals come together and begin to pull in a...