Pearls of Great Value

One and the same

“ When they had escaped, they learned that the island was called Malta. The natives showed extraordinary kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because of the rain and the cold. When Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper driven out by the heat fastened on his hand. When the natives saw the...

“ The one I love calls to me: Arise, my dearest. Hurry, my darling. Come away with me! I have come as you have asked to draw you to my heart and lead you out. For now is the time, my beautiful one. The season has changed, the bondage of your barren winter has ended, and the season of hiding is over and gone. The rains have soaked the earth...

“ Keep awake and watch and pray [constantly], that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Mark‬ ‭14:38‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. This one statement is the whole summary of our lives, isn’t it? The constant battle. It’s the line in the sand. The...

Your word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against you. King David (Ps.119:11)

Rahab was hiding Gods people, spies of Israel. At the same time Aachan was hiding robes from Jericho in his tent. Both were hiding something in secret in their home. Aachan had blatantly taken and hidden riches from Jericho after being instructed not to...

“ Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people), Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil.  Therefore do not be vague and thoughtless and foolish, but understanding and firmly...

“ So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given...

The greatest gift

A common thread

Do you ever stop to think about the faces of Christmas? About the people that God chose in that time in history? There’s a lesson, a gift in each one if we take the time to let the Holy Spirit minister to us.

Let’s take Joseph and ponder his story. He was engaged to a young woman named Mary. One day he hears that she is pregnant and...