Stress is part of life. We can survive the great trials, if we remember that there is a Divine power that guides us, loves us and genuinely wants us to be happy. Today say this prayer during stressful moments: Lord, I pray that you provide me your hand and walk me through the dark times. […]
January is Birth Defect Awareness Month. Birth defects are health conditions that are present at birth. They change the shape or function of one or more parts of the body. Birth defects can cause problems in overall health and growth of the child. God is the eternal healer. Here are scriptures for expectant mothers to […]
The long holiday season ends on today. The Christmas Season ends with the observance of the Feast of the Three Kings or The Epiphany. The Epiphany or Theophany, meaning “vision of God,” the feast commemorates the manifestation of the Infant Jesus to the Three Wise Men from the East: Melchor, Gaspar, and Balthazar. Today is known […]
O Holy Creator, hear our prayers on behalf of all that are in authority over us and our humble selves. Bless, we beseech Thee, during the coming year, the whole country; convert heretics and unbelievers; soften the hearts of sinners so that they may return to Thy friendship; give prosperity to our country and peace […]
Party seasons come and go. Birthday celebrations, holidays events beckon are participation. There are heavy debates had about drinking among the faithful. There are many who condemn drinking with heavy hands. Some faith organizations will have you excommunicated for drinking. The Bible says that “wine is a mocker, intoxicating drink arouses brawling” (Proverbs 20:1). The […]
Bible Gateway’s year-in-review data, based on 1.6 billion page views and more than 160 million visitors, reveals how people engaged the Bible on demand in 2015. To start with, they tracked the popularity of Bible passages on a daily basis throughout the year. This year these were most searched scriptures: John 3:16: “For God […]
Family prayer is essential to raising a holy family, but many families struggle with this task. At times in our own family life, we have done a very poor job of regular prayer time with our children. Today the scriptures focus on family prayer as it is ‘Holy Family Sunday’. Family prayer has taken a […]
Luke 2:1-20 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in […]
Advent (from the Latin word adventus meaning “coming”) is a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western liturgical year and commences on Advent Sunday, called Levavi. The Eastern churches’ equivalent of […]
Thankfulness is important. Thankfulness is a mental and or verbal expression of one’s acknowledgement and appreciation of receiving or having something. God’s love is something we should be thankful for. It is his grace that gives us life. It is his hand that blesses us. Some of us have less than others, but we should […]
Immigration is not a new topic. In the bible it was discussed all the time. It starts with Abraham, who left his homeland,. The story continues with Ruth, who was a foreigner who followed her mother-in-law to glean the fields, to Joseph, a victim of human trafficking, to Paul, who fled persecution and spread the […]
Fear can paralyze you. We all have faced fear. Some deal with it by lashing out. Some run away and deflect that fear onto others. This is not what the divine creator wants. He wants you to know that He is there at the center of it all. Worry, anxiety, fear…can overwhelm us with a […]