For I know well the plans I have in mind for you plans for your welfare and not for woe, so as to give you a future of hope. When you call me, and come and pray to me, I… Read More ›
Hope
Hope fills the heart
“The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom should I fear.” Psalm 27:1 During Advent, we light our wreaths to fill the darkness in our world with the light of Christ. It is symbolic of the true light that… Read More ›
Endure and Persevere through Hope
“The hope of truth and of freedom is already ours, dearly beloved, but if we are to attain truth and freedom in reality we must endure and persevere.” St Cyprian St. Cyprian We are just passed the midpoint of our… Read More ›
Anticipation
“May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we have for you, so as to strengthen your hearts, to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the… Read More ›
Hope and joy filling the air
“I am about to create new heavens and a new earth. The things of the past shall not be remembered or come to mind. Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness in what I create…” Isaiah 65:17-18 Have you… Read More ›
The great return
“He will not constantly accuse us nor remain angry forever. He does not punish us for all our sins. He does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve. For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as… Read More ›
Where do I place my trust
“Bless is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is in the Lord.” Jeremiah 17:7 If you were asked to define trust, how would you respond? Trust is define in Webster as an ”assured reliance on the character,… Read More ›
A journey of change
“I have decided not to let this Lent go by like rain on stones, leaving no trace. I will let it soak into me, changing me. I will be converted. I will turn again to the Lord and love Him… Read More ›
Do you feel there is a dark cloud hovering over you?
“Thus says the Lord, if you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; if you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom… Read More ›
Deeper meaning of fasting
This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; Sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; Clothing the naked… Read More ›