Matthew 13:44 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, February 9, 2021 “Seeing Jesus More Clearly” One of my greatest treasures is all the people who have helped me to see Jesus more clearly through everyday experiences. Early in our marriage, Pat’s Father tried to teach me how to plow behind a horse. He did not realize it, but he was helping me experience a part of a Bible story that would never happen…Keep Reading

2 Kings 6:5 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, February 8, 2021 “God Cares, God is Faithful” “As one of them was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. He cried out, ‘Oh no, master! It was borrowed.” 2 Kings 6:5 It was just an old rag by the side of the interstate, but it was an answer to prayer. We were a long way from home and trying…Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware Luke 14:14 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, February 7, 2021 “Blessings Always” To those of whom I am blest to regularly communicate, my familiar “Blessings Always” is as familiar benediction. I mean it when I declare “Blessings Always,” for it is in complete agreement with our Saviour’s declaration in Luke 14:14, “And thou shall be blest; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at…Keep Reading

Daniel 6:10 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, February 6, 2021 “Faith Continued” “Daniel continued to go to his house, which had windows in its upper room open toward Jerusalem, and to get down on his knees three times a day to pray to his God and praise him, just as he had done previously.” Daniel 6:10 Daniel had just learned of the new law that he was no longer allowed to pray….Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, Feburary 5, 2021 “Careful of What You See, Careful of What You Think, Careful of What You Hear . . .” Saw this ad, and thought . . . Gee, that’s not bad . . . 40% Down Mattress, thought to myself, “That sounds soft, warm and luxurious . . .” Then I realized that it was 40% “$…Keep Reading

Job 1:21 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, February 5, 2021 “Rejoicing in the Lord” “Then Job arose…and he fell to the ground and worshiped. And he said… ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD.” Job 1:21 Today’s passage does not come easy for some who have suffered loss and who…Keep Reading

Philippians 2:5-11 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, February 4, 2021 “Love Has Built a Bridge” Over 30 years ago the Judds released a song and video entitled Love Can Build a Bridge. It was not a song about romance, but about prejudice. The song won a Grammy Award for the Best Country Song and the video was nominated for the best video. The chorus goes: Love can build a bridge Between your…Keep Reading

Ruth 2:18 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, February 4, 2021 “Debtors to Love” “Then she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. So, she brought out and gave to her…” Ruth 2:18 I am a debtor to love; yet it never sends a bill. I have been around them all my life. I am talking about folks who have the spirit of Ruth….Keep Reading

Galations 5:22 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, February 2, 2021 “THE THREE-R’S FOR DEALING WITH SIN” Isaiah’s rebuke of Israel of old is worth comparing to our times: Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to…Keep Reading

Colossians 3:12-14 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, February 2, 2021 “FORGIVENESS or FORBEARANCE?” Paul said, “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony….Keep Reading

Rev. Nate and Julie Ware Leviticus 17:11 When An Angel Spoke to Me” Yesterday, I was talking to a long lifetime friend. We generally have our testimonial moments with Bible verses, concerns and prayers for family and friends. Even though we are old, and past the flowering of our youth, as we are praying, we seamlessly swim vigorously in the waters and streams of God’s Love, Comfort and Hope. She…Keep Reading

Ezekiel 16-17 THOUGHT FOR TODAY, February 3, 2021 “Peace Is Wonderful” “They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.” Jeremiah 6:14 “Ah! soul, are you here without comfort and rest, marching down the rough pathway of time? Make Jesus your friend ere the shadows grows dark; O accept this sweet peace so sublime!” How I love…Keep Reading