The Living Word

“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:” James 1:19. We’ve all engaged in conversations were there are those who must always have the last word or their point of view is right regardless to your input- and God forbid…sometimes that just maybe you or me!…

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 1 John 4:9 God’s love is truly amazing; it is beyond human comprehension and outright immeasurable- it has the power to change hearts and mold any willing soul…

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16.   Living up to our convictions is not an easy task. Our convictions show that we are thoroughly confident in what we embrace to be true. Therefore, our character, conversations and…

“For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.” James 1: 23-24 My sister Harriet often tells the memory of my…

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” Matthew 28:19 (KJV) Most often I am awake around  5 a.m in the morning. It is my quiet-time, the world outside of my doors at that time  is calm and peaceful;…

“Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?” John 11:40 In some of the darkest areas in our lives, in all honesty it is not so easy to relate to these words “And we know that all things work together for good…

“And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.” Hosea 2:15. The book of Hosea represents the account…

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12 Let us be honest…we have all had individuals and occurrences in our lives that truly get under our skin. I like the account of Hannah…

“There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.” Psalm 46:4 Do you know what it feels like to be cornered in and you have no earthly idea which way to go? Praise God that there is always help at…

““So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.” Ezra 8:23.  We have all been ashamed or embarrassed or guilty because of certain actions, characteristics, or associations that we may have encountered. Ezra was a Jewish scribe and priest that God used to lead and instruct a portion of…