Archive for December, 2006

Published by admin on 14 Dec 2006

GOD’S GREATEST GIFT

As we give and receive Christmas gifts each year, do we take time to truly consider and appreciate God’s greatest gift? You might say, Just what exactly is that? Well, being very happily married, I might be tempted to say “My wife”, but I know there is something even greater than that. Continue Reading »

Published by admin on 02 Dec 2006

DELIVERED FROM IT ALL!

It seems the devil has been turning up the heat on God’s people, including us. Don’t think even for a minute that Jenny and I are exempt from the devil’s attacks just because we are ministers. The Bible tells us that as the end draws near the devil’s wrath will increase because he knows his time is short. That tells me we have a lot of work to do before Jesus comes back. Many Christians I have talked to in the last month have been on the brink of giving up. God has placed Jenny and me here for a time like this. Continue Reading »

Published by admin on 02 Dec 2006

THE FIRST SHALL BE LAST, AND THE LAST FIRST

In Mark 10:29-31, it is written, “And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, there is no man that hath left house, or brethren or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the Gospel’s, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.”
When I awoke the other day I had a picture fresh in my mind of standing in front of the mirror in my bathroom. There were items in front of me, like one, two, three, with number one being the closest to me, and three being the farthest. But in the mirror, I saw item number three closest, and me the farthest, just the reverse of what it actually was. And that scripture played in my head like a recording. The Lord was telling me something I needed to know and you need to know it too. Continue Reading »