I Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing. This verse doesn’t mean we pray 24/7. What it does mean is that prayer should be a part of our daily lives and we we should never cease to pray! Prayer is simply communication with the Lord. That communication is so important for us as Christians. Prayer for ourselves, our families, for others and our nation. So, let’s determine to “pray without ceasing” and see what a difference it makes in our daily lives. God bless!

Read I Kings chapters 1-4. Enjoy!

♫ Many things about tomorrow, I don’t seem to understand, But I know who holds tomorrow, And I know he holds my hand. ♫  We many times don’t know what the future will bring, but with the Lord in our lives we can face it with confidence. God always has our best interests at heart. He is already in our tomorrows. God bless!

It seems that we are constantly bombarded with bad news on a daily basis on the political, economic and social fronts. Many people are beginning to wonder what is truth and what is propaganda. Well, as a child of God, we know one thing that is true and never changes, that is, God is still in control of our situation. We have a hope that is steadfast and sure. So in the face of all the “bad news”, let’s determine to spread the “Good News” of the Gospel”, Jesus is the answer.  God bless!

The “well seasoned” hymn Under His Wings came to mind this morning. It says “Under His wings I am safely abiding”. There are many times we need to sense that feeling of security that comes from safely abiding in the shelter of His wings. What a confidence we have in knowing that God never changes and that he provides for our protection.   God bless!

While driving this morning, I was following a small pickup through our town. The woman driving it was taking her children to one of the local elementary schools. I noticed that she was fussing with the children and not paying particular attention to her driving and the road ahead. As I thought about it, I realized that many of us at times become distracted by the problems of this life. The devil uses these distractions to divert our attention from what God has for us up ahead. Let’s determine to keep our “eyes on the prize” and not allow distractions to cause us to lose our focus. God bless!

Many times my “thoughts” revolve around the words to a song. This morning the words to the song “What The World Needs Is Jesus” are going through my mind. The world is looking for answers to all the problems we face. It doesn’t matter what the problems are, whether they be physical, financial, material, mental or emotional, the answer is a spiritual one. What the world needs is Jesus. God bless!

I would like to use this space today to pay tribute to all the mothers and ladies on Mother’s Day. God has given you such an important roll in the life. You are the ones that do the nurturing, fix the skinned knees and most times walk the floor at night praying for your kids. I salute you today and wish you a blessed Mother’s Day!  All you men treat your wives and mothers like the queens they are.  They deserve the best.  God bless!

There was a country song out years ago that had a line that said, “Looking for love in all the wrong places…”. The one true source of love can be found in a personal relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. When we have that, it makes all other sources of love so much sweeter, because we will find them in the right places. I trust that if you don’t have that personal relationship with the Lord, you will surrender your life to him today. You’ll never regret it! God bless!

I sing a song written by Neil Enloe titled, “You Won’t Scare God Away”. It says “go ahead and shout you won’t scare God away”. I have always been an observer of people and it amazes me how we often jump and shout and holler at a sporting event but sit like a “bump on a stump” in church. If the local athlete is worthy of praise and a shout for what they accomplish, how much more worthy is our God to receive praise and and a shout for all He has done. Just a thought. God bless!