by MJR | Sep 5, 2025 | Genuine Hope
We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, The reproaches of those who reproached...
by MJR | Sep 4, 2025 | Genuine Hope
I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God’s gift to man. Ecclesiastes 3: 12-13 This afternoon I stopped by one of...
by MJR | Sep 3, 2025 | Genuine Hope
“He who walks blamelessly and does what is rightand speaks truth in his heart…who does not slander with his tongueand does no evil to his neighbor,nor takes up a reproach against his friend; Who honors those who fear the Lord; who keeps an oath even when it...
by MJR | Sep 2, 2025 | Genuine Hope
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Without going into a lot of detail, Patrina and I had a scare early this morning as she tripped and fell headlong. She said later that she...
by MJR | Aug 29, 2025 | Genuine Hope
The grass withers, the flower fades,but the word of our God will stand forever. Isaiah 40>8 Every season of life has it’s purpose for us just as the different seasons experienced by different people in the Bible help us learn by their response. After Moses died,...
