by MJR | Aug 27, 2024 | Genuine Hope
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Matthew 13:44 Over the weekend Patrina and I watched a series where one of the characters was patterned...
by MJR | Aug 26, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9 You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to...
by MJR | Aug 23, 2024 | Genuine Hope
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Acts 16:25 How’s your day going so far? Is everything turning out the way you expected? I know what I have planned for today, but what happens when...
by MJR | Aug 22, 2024 | Genuine Hope
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9 “Tell a lie once and your truths become questionable.” I don’t know the source of the quote, but it makes a valid point. At my business meeting...
by MJR | Aug 21, 2024 | Genuine Hope
But as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; by truthful...