Author: Bill

Love God & Love one another! This is what we were created for! We must never forget that! 
Matt 22:37-39 (ESV)He (Jesus) said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul & with all your mind. This is the great & first commandment. & A second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  Matt 5:43-44 You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies & pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. Luke 6:27 I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you. Luke 6:35 Love your enemies, & do good, & lend, expecting nothing in return, & your reward will be great, & you will be sons of the Most High, for He is KIND to the ungrateful & the evil. — We are to be KIND too! Love Mel

John 18:10 ( ESV)Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it & struck the high priest ‘s servant & cut off his right ear. (The servant ‘s name was Malchus.) Luke 22:51 Jesus said, “No more of this!” & He touched his ear & healed him. Matt 26:52 Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword. — There is so much violence in our country. What happened to the ability to disagree? What happened to a willingness to come to a negotiated agreement? The saying goes that Violence begets violence! A person who lives violently will probably at some point be killed in a violent manner. Violence begets violence. Those who practice violence will come to violent ends. — Jesus tells us in Matt 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Rom 12:18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with ALL men. Rom 14:19 So then let us pursue what makes for peace & for mutual upbuilding. — Life is a mutual journey! There is really no place for —Gal 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, & things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.— The choice is ours! Keep your eyes on the prize (His kingdom)! Love Mel

Quote by George Mueller, “Our Faith is not fully tested until God asks us to bear the unbearable; to do what seems unreasonable & to expect what seems impossible!” — Jer 32:17 Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens & the earth by your great power & by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.  Matt 19:26 Jesus looked at them & said, “With man this is impossible, but with God ALL things are possible.” Eph 3:16 That according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being. 
—Faith operates in the realm of the impossible because that is where God gets the glory. —
— Rom 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who or what can be against us? Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. — The key is BELIEVE! Love Mel

A prayer to bring strength in times of difficulty! —Eph 3:14-21  (ESV) For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven & on earth is named, that according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted & grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth & length & height & depth, & to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church & in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever & ever. Amen. — Love Mel

Mark 12:42-43 (ESV) A poor widow came & put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. He (Jesus) called His disciples to Him & said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. — A generous heart trumps in Gods kingdom. — Prov 28:6 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways. — Integrity is key! —Hebr 13:5 Keep your life free from love of money, & be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you. — Love God not money! We must remember that it is just pavement in heaven! —Prov 28:20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished. — It is the faithful that abounds in blessings! Build treasures in Heaven! Love Mel