It is an absolute blessing being able to serve in prison ministry with the Saints and Deacons organizations for 24 years and counting. We have the opportunity to travel to prisons all over the country and share The Gospel of Jesus Christ with inmates. In between and sometimes after our games, we get to spend...
Philippians 1:6 NKJV being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; Recently, the Lord showed me another reason He answered my prayer years ago in His way, NOT mine. He brought to my attention another area in which...
A while ago my husband had knee surgery and developed many complications. After several months of severe pain his knee was frozen because he could not move it as scar tissue developed. He could not walk and was basically paralyzed in that area. Unable to go to physical therapy, the scars increased so the surgeon recommended...
This morning as I walked to the Kotel and got closer to it I noticed swarms of flying insects and in fact at the Wall itself it was inundated with them and quite bothersome. I had asked a local concerning this and he said it may be a result of all the recent digging they...
We come upon this holiday weekend of Independence Day while it seems most of the news shows a country in social turmoil. The “United” States seems more like the “Untied” States. But for the purpose of this devotional I don’t want to center on the country or the Red, White and Blue flag we all...
Another productive sixth grade school year came to a close last week. At the end of each year, I usually receive a handful of letters from former students who are graduating high school. It warms my heart to read about how much they enjoyed my class and how I became a positive impact in their lives. Sometimes it...
For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. (Luke 21:15) Coexist…The word bids brotherhood, the concept boasts biblical, as in: “live peaceably with all men.” But we know that serpent is subtle! What better way to sell a story than to slip in a half truth, making the whole lie sound...
Isaiah 55:8-9 NKJV [8] “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. [9] “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. Almost three years ago, while praying, I repeated a request I...
A command in the Scriptures in Philippians 3:1, “Rejoice in the Lord.” Joy and happiness can be very different. Happiness depends on if I like the circumstance I’m in. Joy does not depend if the circumstance is favorable to me. When things go the way I want, or others agree with me, or the timing is...
Watching my children grow up significantly at this point in my life has been one of the greatest blessings the Lord has given me. There was a point of time when I was just there but not present, and even after having much of my proclivities taken from me, my attention became so work-focused that,...
