Jesus said, "Let your loins be girded about, and your lights shining, and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are
Have you ever been a prodigal son or daughter in your life in some way, my brothers and sisters? I have. The Parable of the Prodigal Son Then He said: “A certain man had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion
Let us meditate: The Lord is the Potter and we are the vessel. To the degree we acknowledge the Lord in our heart (worship) His presence is with us, and thus we can be healed and renewed in our heart and mind. We must 'turn to
Sometimes people get confused as to why Jesus prayed to the Father, so this very significant to understand. God has always been in the human form; before the incarnation He was called Jehovah. As the Lord said 'We are made in His image', so he is
A candle symbolizes Christ, specifically his self-giving love and the gifts of life we receive from Him. The candle provides light and warmth as it consumes its own substance, the wax. The wax and wick work in symbiosis, in other words, form
"And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous,
When I was about seven I remember having the first experience of hating. We had recently moved back to the town of Barstow after living in LA for a year. I had a group of friends before and I was eager to
"Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. But when his disciples saw it, they
Loneliness is a pain in our heart; it is very difficult to deal with. Partly at least because circumstance seems to validate the feeling. But there is much within loneliness that is essential to our growth. Contained in the pain of loneliness is yearning. If
As long as we are in this earthly world and have some cognitive ability we can change; anyone can be reformed. Change is a process, it doesn't happen instantly. It is a birthing that takes place between the natural and the spiritual. The desire or
