Rev. J. Loren Russell, BPS, MDiv. 1 Corinthians 3:5-8 NKJV “Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the […]

Rev. J. Loren Russell, BPS, MDiv. Proverbs 19:21 NKJV “There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.” “The Lord’s counsel” is the writer’s way of describing God’s prevailing, permissive, and personal or perfect will, […]

Rev. J. Loren Russell, BPS, MDiv. Philippians 4:12-13 NKJV “I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound […]

Wide World of Wrestling! Rev. J. Loren Russell, BPS, MDiv. Ephesians 6:12-13 NKJV “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of […]

Rev. J. Loren Russell, BPS, MDiv. 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 NKJV “For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of […]

Rev. J. Loren Russell Galatians 5:13 NIV “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.” For those of us whose families […]

Remember The Lord Your God By Reverend J. Loren Russell Deuteronomy 8:11-18 NKJV “Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, lest—when you […]

Reverend J. Loren Russell 1 Corinthians 13:11-12 NKJV When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For […]

Rev. J. Loren Russell Acts 2:1-4, 41 (NKJV) When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and […]

Reverend J. Loren Russell Exodus 2:1-7 NKJV “And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi. So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a […]

Reverend J. Loren Russell Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 NKJV “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he […]

By Rev. J. Loren Russell Deuteronomy 28:1, 14 NKJV “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord […]

Rev. J. Loren Russell Mark 11:25-26 (NKJV) “And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will […]

Rev. J. Loren Russell Matthew 20:20-21, 24-27 (NKJV) “Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him. And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She said to Him, […]

Rev. J. Loren Russell Mathew 27:20-22 “But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to […]