The Living Word

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” Romans 12:1.  There are numerous products that will advertise, satisfaction guaranteed; in other words, the product will yield the outcomes that are expected. It is the innate desire…

“While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.” Matthew 17:5 There are many individuals who say that they have never experienced God speaking to them; however, God knows how…

The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works. Psalm 145:9. It is a true blessing to write and witness about the goodness of God. There is nothing better than knowing that you are kept safe in the hands of the Almighty. Langston Hughes penned these words Life for…

“The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.” Psalm 121 is a collection of Psalms known as the “Songs of Ascent” written by King David, who was expressing his trust in God’s guidance and protection, by acknowledging the One true and living God who always watched over him. “The LORD…

“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:” Psalm 103:2. In the stillness of the night a lonely tear rolls down the side of your cheek, things seem dismal and unclear, and suddenly, way deep down in your soul, the memory of how God lovingly delivered, kept, and carried you through…

“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” Galatians 6:1 It is quite easy to point the finger at someone else’s failures. To think that oneself as wiser and less likely to succumb to…

“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” Matthew 5:13. Salt has a number of important purposes. This was especially so in the time…

“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,” Ephesians 3:20. The word able is defined as having the power, skill, means, or opportunity to do something: My seven-year-old grandson Ezail, never ceases to prove to me that he…

“If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.” John 14:14 We often go to the bank to cash a check; the bank honors the check on the established account of the person who wrote the check. Praise God, we have a spiritual bank account, we have the privilege to come…

“Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.” Psalm 127:1 When my son Reginald and my daughter-in-law Kimberly started building a new home, they decided to take the kids out and write scriptures on the very first stones…