1 Kings 9:4           When I grew up, my Dad used to tell my siblings and me that “if we got good grades in school, he would pay us a certain amount of money”. That promise came with a condition.           We make conditions all the time and get that from GOD. GOD makes conditions…

2Samuel 22:20-32            Child of GOD, know that you are a delight to HIM. HE is not sitting up in heaven counting the many mistakes that you make. You get yourself into tight situations and it is HE that brings you out.           None of us hit the bull’s eye each and every moment. However,…

Deuteronomy 9:5 & 32:20 Ahh, here is a great example as to how not to think more of yourself than you should. This is a very easy trap to fall into. Especially, women and men who are of the clergy as I am. We study; pray and spend time with GOD and without saying so;…

Exodus 18:20-21            It’s not easy to learn how to become a person of integrity. We all need someone who is a visible example to us who can instill those desirable qualities within us. We as people go through so much garbage in our lives that we may find it difficult to find a person…

Genesis 6:9 & 20:1-6 Integrity: honesty; sincerity; upright & wholesome. Strive for perfection.           Okay, if you’ve read the Integrity series which featured Character. We have seen the good; the bad and the ugly of our character. YET! We can CHANGE!           GOD knows just how wicked people are so much so that HE decided…

It has been distinguished as disrespect, doing the opposite of what the law demands, doing what is unfair and not right in every separate case personally or professionally. Violation of the rights of others is wrong.  Even to have such lawsuits with one another is a defeat for you. Why not just accept the injustice…

We are created in the image of GOD which means that there is nothing that we can’t do. Our only down flaw is that we are sinners from the mother’s womb. Genesis 1:26 and Genesis 3:18 *Proof* Adam and Eve never taught Cain how to exhibit anger and rage which resulted in sin; it came…

True humility is not something that you have to point out that you have. True humility is something that is recognized by another. True humility causes us to be patient under trials. A person with true humility does not have to become argumentative or to try and convince anyone of anything. A person with true…

1 Corinthians lists eight ways God sees us in Christ. About 1 Corinthians Corinth was the major commercial center in the Roman Empire. It was also home of the famous Isthmian athletic games so it was always filled with travelers. The city was famous for its wealth and also for being filled with every kind…

Hope is an essential and fundamental element of Christian life, so essential indeed, that, like faith and love, it can itself designate the essence of Christianity. Unbelievers are without this hope. Christ is the actual object of the believer’s hope, because it is in his second coming that the hope of glory will be fulfilled.…