Aim for the Hope that Satisfies

Aim for the Hope that Satisfies

In what or whom do you hope? …and having hope is crucial in life—especially in the storms of life. Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. To be sure, one may have the wrong hopes (cravings, desires,...
Amos 8: A Time to Reap What Has Been Sown

Amos 8: A Time to Reap What Has Been Sown

A day is coming when everyone will reap what they have sown.  A day when every deed will be judged. A day when God will pay the wages for the work done. A day when each life will be held up against the plumb line of God’s Word. In Amos 8 we find such a day. Prior to...
Repentance Starts in Your Heart (Part 2)

Repentance Starts in Your Heart (Part 2)

By Dale Porter In my previous blog article, I stressed Psalm 51 takes a look at the real enemy that lives within every believer in Christ. That enemy is you as a sinner. Circumstances, people or God are not the real problem in life. It is you!!! And you need to be...
Repentance Starts in Your Heart (Part 2)

Repentance Starts in Your Heart (Part 1)

By Dale Porter What runs through your mind as a believer in Christ when Psalm 51 is mentioned? If you know the psalm’s background, you think of David’s sexual sin with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband. Because of this, it is easy to see David as the worst of...
New Year 2018

New Year 2018

Happy New Year and welcome to 2018.  The beginning of a new year is often filled with resolutions to eat less and exercise more, get organized, save more money, and any number of other items one may deem important or in need of change.  I have already read several...