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A friend loves at all times. —Proverbs 17:17 Click Here to Read Today's Scripture: Proverbs 17:13-17 One day while I was on vacation overseas, I got an unexpected text from one of my tenants in Belmopan stating that he would vacate the apartment at the end of the week. I READ MORE -
A REFLECTION ON PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7). Anxiety manifests in READ MORE -
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.—Proverbs 3:5 Two years ago, I developed the desire to serve at church. Around the same time, God had blessed me with employment that provided a decent financial situation and offered flexible hours. But I found READ MORE -
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Cast all your cares on him, for he cares for you. —1 Peter 5:7 Click Here to Read Today's Scripture: 1 Peter 5:6-7 Our family had just arrived in Liberia, West Africa, after a 10-hour flight. We had come for a three-year term, and our carry-on bags were heavy. Even READ MORE -
Give us this day our daily bread. —Matthew 6:11 Click Here to Read Today’s Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13 “Our Father, who art in heaven…” This is a prayer etched in my heart and mind, as for most of us Christians, so much so that it sometimes becomes merely a religious repetition. READ MORE -
Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. —Matthew 5:16 Click Here to Read Today’s Scripture: Matthew 5:14-16 A couple of years ago, I began playing football with some Spanish-speaking guys at the football field in our neighborhood here READ MORE -
If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. —Matthew 17:20 In 2009 when I co-hosted a TV talk show, I shared on the show the frustration I had experienced 10 years earlier after being fired READ MORE -
Come unto me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. — Matthew 11:28 Click Here to Read Today’s Scripture: Matthew 11:25-33 In the poem “Not Waving but Drowning,” English poet Stevie Smith tells the story of a man who swam too far into the sea READ MORE