Judges 4:4-5 “Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time. 5 She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up […]
By Reverend J. Loren Russell Jeremiah 33:3 “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jeremiah understood the connection between the Creator and the created. The source of all […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell Philippians 4:10-13 “But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last your care for me has flourished again; though you surely did care, but you lacked opportunity. Not that I speak in regard […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell 1 Corinthians 13:13 NKJV “13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” Songs, poems, sonnets, and odes have been written about love. Words have been romantically spoken […]
By Reverend J. Loren Russell Matthew 19:23-26 (26) “But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell Isaiah 40:28-31 NKJV “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell 1 John 5:4 “Everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.” Have you ever wondered what faith really is? Webster’s Dictionary defines it as […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell Jonah 1:17-2:2 NKJV “Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Then Jonah prayed to the LORD […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 (vv. 6-10) NKJV “For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell Proverbs 1:7 NKJV “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.” The “Law of First Things” applies to everything that we do. The writer of […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell John 14:26-27 NLT “But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you. I am leaving you […]
By Reverend J. Loren Russell Romans 5:1-5, 8 (NKJV) “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, […]
“Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl, One was an optimistic soul, but the other took the gloomy view. I shall drown he cried, and so will you. So with the last despairing cry, He closed his eyes and […]
By Rev. J. Loren Russell 1 Peter 4:12-13 NKJV “Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you […]
Reverend J. Loren Russell Romans 12:6-8 NKJV “Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; 7 or ministry, let us use […]
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