Arise and shine

During my devotional time this week, the Holy Spirit showed me a bright star in a midnight sky.  As I gazed at the star, I listened and heard these words in my heart…Stars are positioned as markers to give light and direction.  Stars always shine…but can only be seen...

Resurrection power

There are bold headlines this Easter week: Jesus is alive!  As believers, we are joyfully celebrating the power of His Resurrection! Death could not hold Him! Amen!  I am reminded of a passage in John 11.  Jesus was with his disciples, when he was brought a disturbing...

It’s harvest time

Remember its Pentecost!  In the Old Testament it was an appointed day to honor the Lord with the firstfruitsof the harvest season. In the New Testament, after the Resurrection, before Jesus ascended to heaven, He commanded His disciples to not leave the city, but to...

Closet prayer

In our busy, highly scheduled world, we must learn how to get still, quiet ourselves within and without, deafen our ears to the clamor of the world, as we choose moments of rest, quiet, and solitude with the One we say we love!  We run on “fumes”, when He would...