Brotherly Love

What is brotherly love? One definition describes it as an urge to help someone, when we feel compassion for a stranger, neighbor, or friend. So what does having compassion require?  A demonstration of concern results in a visit, a hug, a prayer, or a written note whenever a tragedy, or misfortune occurs in the lives…

Proclaim Love

GOD’S motive to love us is pure! “For God so loved the world, He so loved being in relationship with us, that He sacrificed His Son, washed the willing, so that we could be reconciled with our holy Father. Lord Jesus I love You more each hour. Your Spirit draws up memories of all those…

Be Ye Humble

“The 24 elders fall down and worship the One who lives forever and ever.” Rev 4:10 ❤️ As the 24 humbly bowed down to worship, so too, we humbly obey to fast and pray. John Wesley fasted until 4 pm every Wed and Fri, to seek God’s wisdom and understanding. HUMILITY is the highest character…

The Journal of a Pilgrim

The promises of God that we have experienced and witnessed are best captured in writing. In the midst of ongoing trials, the journal entries of God’s faithfulness is the treasure that keeps our hope aflame! Like Ruth Graham Bell, today many record their thoughts in journals and on blogs. As scribes for generations to come,…

Two Witnesses

The word “witnesses” is found 51 times in the NIV Bible.  A witness is one who gives evidence or testimony of things or of people. To be a chosen witness means that we  profess Jesus as the Messiah and that we proclaim Him as our Lord. “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord” Isaiah 43:10…

Greater Things

Be holy, be meek, be humble before the Lord. Submit fully and willingly for: “God opposes the proud, but shows favor to the humble. Do you think Scripture says without reason that He jealously longs for the spirit He caused to dwell in us? But He gives us more grace. Submit to God, resist the…

Competent not Compared

It is easy to envy, or compare myself to others. For instance my comfort colors, antiques, grandma cozy is what it is. I actually cringe to admit that I have compared my body size to the delicately petite — and my style of decorating to the modern clean lines of homes simply adorned without my…

Laughter is Medicine

What causes laughter is different for everybody.  One might giggle or burst out in a belly laugh at the sight of a ridiculous meme, but there is no guarantee that everyone will find it amusing. What induces tears of joy and laughter could be a sound, a memory or a physical sensation. According to  God…