M A T T H E W 7 : 17 - 20 “LIKEWISE, EVERY GOOD TREE BEARS GOOD FRUIT, BUT A BAD TREE BEARS BAD FRUIT. A GOOD TREE CANNOT BEAR BAD FRUIT, AND A BAD TREE CANNOT BEAR GOOD FRUIT. EVERY TREE THAT DOES NOT BEAR GOOD FRUIT IS CUT DOWN AND THROWN INTO [...]

R E V E L A T I O N 2 : 4 “YET I HOLD THIS AGAINST YOU: YOU HAVE FORSAKEN THE LOVE YOU HAD FIRST.” A relationship is the answer to all my problems; a relationship will fill me up with the love I need; a relationship will teach me to be a [...]

1 P E T E R 3 : 1 5 “...ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO GIVE AN ANSWER TO EVERYONE WHO ASKS YOU TO GIVE THE REASON FOR THE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE. BUT DO THIS WITH GENTLENESS AND RESPECT.”We must always be ready to stand up for our faith and give an account to those [...]

1 C O R I N T H I A N S 13 : 7 - 8 “BEARS ALL THINGS, BELIEVES ALL THINGS, HOPES ALL THINGS, ENDURES ALL THINGS. LOVE NEVER FAILS;...” There is one thing that can get through anything, that couldn’t separate us from God. When sin reigned and was pulling us apart [...]

I S A I A H   6 : 8 “THEN I HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD SAYING, “WHOM SHALL I SEND? AND WHO WILL GO FOR US?” AND I SAID, “HERE I AM. SEND ME!”Who has the boldness, the courage, even the devotion to be able to say, “Here I am, send me”. We can [...]

I S A I A H   4 0 : 8 “THE GRASS WITHERS, THE FLOWER FADES, BUT THE WORD OF OUR GOD STANDS FOREVER.”  This verse can get me through anything. In a way it can convey a negative connotation to some, implying that eventually everything will burn and be gone. But it’s true, and [...]

P R O V E R B S 2 5 : 7 “FOR IT IS BETTER THAT IT BE SAID TO YOU, “COME UP HERE,” THAN FOR YOU TO BE PLACED LOWER IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PRINCE, WHOM YOUR EYES HAVE SEEN.” Many times I have acted out too soon by trying to break [...]

P S A L M 2 3 : 4 “THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH I SHALL FEAR NO EVIL FOR YOU ARE WITH ME.” There is a phrase, “There is hope at the end of the tunnel”. It means that there is something to look forward to, that there [...]

1 T H E S S A L O N I A N S   5 : 16 - 18   REJOICE ALWAYS; PRAY WITHOUT CEASING; IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS;  FOR THIS IS GOD’S WILL FOR YOU IN CHRIST JESUS.    Paul always introduced his letters with love, thankfulness, and joy. He also ended every letter, with [...]

P R O V E R B S 24 : 1 6 FOR THOUGH THE RIGHTEOUS FALLS SEVEN TIMES, THEY RISE AGAIN, BUT THE WICKED STUMBLE WHEN CALAMITY STRIKES. My whole life I hid. If I was scared, I ran. I was never brave, I could never run to action, or fight the front lines. [...]