48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Mat. 5:48   This verse tormented me for years. Perfect? Not possible, not for me, but believe me, I tried.   Perfection takes a lot of work The first church I belonged to demanded this of me. Still, no matter how …[ read more ]

Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. James 5:16-17 The Message . Confession?  “No,” you say. “That went out with the 20th century.” “No,” …[ read more ]

We have fattened our hearts in the day of slaughter Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you…. You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you. James …[ read more ]

Certainty (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) “14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.” James 4:13 Cerebral palsy afflicted Alex. When I met him, he was three, the same age as my daughter. On this particular day, he accomplished a “miracle of God”, …[ read more ]

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you …[ read more ]