Proverbs 30:28 KJV “The spider taketh hold with her hands and is in king’s palaces.” “Live in the Palace of God’s Love” “The spider taketh hold with her hands and is in king’s palaces.” Proverbs 30:28 KJV Spiders and ants can get into places that most of us would never be allowed to enter, but they walk right on in and set up housekeeping and have a picnic. I am…Keep Reading

Jeremiah 6:16 “This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” “Remember Ancient Paths; Ask for the Good Paths Forward and Rest the Soul” This week Pat and I took a walk on a path that we strolled many times years ago. As it…Keep Reading

John 7:6 “Then Jesus said unto them, my time is not yet come but your time is always ready.” “Faith Reminds Us It’s Unrevealed Until Its Season” It seems that waiting is a fact of life. Have you seen the billboards that tells you the up to date waiting time at the hospital emergency room? We have all heard the dreaded, “please stay on the line for the next available…Keep Reading

Isaiah 40:1 “Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God “Link to YouTube Video – Currently at Shades of Grace From Pastor Will – The phone was ringing as I arrived a few minutes early at Shades this morning. A desperate older lady from a neighboring county was on the line. Told me she had called a suicide hotline and was given our number. Long story. We feel some immediate…Keep Reading

Genesis 26:18 “Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died…” “Old Wells” Wherever Abraham traveled with his family the first order of business was to build an altar, and dig a well. Those are two essentials for living. Isaac came along in his Father’s footsteps. The Bible says that he reopened his Father’s wells…Keep Reading

1 Corinthians 13:12 “For now, we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.” “Will We Know Each Other in Heaven” “For now, we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.” 1 Corinthians…Keep Reading

Link to Youtube – Invitation Isaiah 22:3 “He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. He will bring justice to all who have been wronged.” “Jesus Will Come Looking for Me” Link to Youtube – He Came Looking for Me

Psalm 131:1-2 “Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely, I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.” Humility With words like these the Psalmist will never sell self-help books on success. They are the opposite of…Keep Reading

Psalm 30:5 …weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning. Strength and Joy in Our Weakest Moments What do we do when the task is great and we are weak, the journey is long and we are tired, the night is dark and our light flickers? The gentle Savior speaks, “But don’t you know that my strength is in your weakness? The journey is not long…Keep Reading

Isaiah 40:1 “Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God “Link to YouTube Video – Currently at Shades of Grace “Link to YouTube Video – In Need

Hebrews 11:1-40 Perhaps all who follow Christ have those times when we pray with the psalmist, “As the thirsty deer pants for water in a dry and weary land, so my soul pants for you O Lord.” Those dry times are also blessed times as we wait upon the Lord. Then is when we renew our strength and mount up with wings as eagles and we soar to new heights…Keep Reading

Philippians 4:11-13 I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength. “Learning the Secret of Living” The fellowship was joyful and far more…Keep Reading