Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 11:14, “He will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.”   You know the joke about the man stuck in his house as the flood waters rise all around him. One...

Good morning, brothers and sisters.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 11:15, “As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning.”   The bible says some pretty amazing things right from the beginning. It begins talking about...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from John 1:39, "He said to them, 'Come and see.'  They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour)."   Wet hair, lather, rinse, repeat.  Such are the...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 11:4, “But Peter began and explained it to them in order.”   The last time you were critiqued or criticized for something, how did you respond? And the time before that? And the time before that?...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 11:2, “So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him.”   Benjamin Franklin said, “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain, and most fools do.” Another has said,...

Good morning, brothers and sisters.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 11:1, “Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.”   On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 10:48, “And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.”   The subject came up the other day at church about the general perception...

Good morning, friends.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 10:47, “Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”   In this rhetorical question put forth by Peter, he implies that nothing should...

Good morning, everyone.   Our verse for today comes from Acts 10:46, “For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.”   I dare say that there are occasions during your reading of God’s word that you wish there was a bit more explanation provided,...

Good morning, brothers and sisters.   Our verse for today comes from 2 Samuel 19:7, "Now, arise, go out and speak comfort to your servants.  For I swear by the Lord, if you do not go out, not one will stay with you this night.  And that will be worse for you than...