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Now godliness with contentment is great gain.     1 Timothy 6:6 NKJV

Life is a Precious gift – Priceless – Let’s make sure our children know their worth.   My heart goes out to the loving parents of this young woman and to families who have experienced the same. I share this story for the one who feels that suicide is the only way out. Know that your situation is not hopeless and that you are loved. Please reach out to your parents/parent, clergy, teacher or a friend. In January 2014, 19-year old University Of Pennsylvania track star Madison Holleran jumped to her death, off a parking garage. The freshman's father says she was overwhelmed in college and struggling with school work. He said she told them about her thoughts of suicide and was seeing a psychiatrist. Now, one year later, her parents have released her suicide note  to People Magazine Here is what she said: “I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out, and I thought how it is worse perhaps to be locked in. For you mom...the necklaces... For you, Nana & Pa...

A truly beautiful woman is not only attractive on the outside and inside, she is also attractive to God. How a woman looks to God is more important than any other quality she possesses because one day her outer beauty will fade and her inner beauty will cease, but the beauty that God sees in her will be important when she stands before Him. Being beautiful to God should be top priority on every woman’s list. Article by Nancy Morgan

Believers are born into a living hope. However, people who are without Christ have no foundation for their  expectations and desires. Many live with a false sense of security. They assume that what is important in this life is the physical and material. But there is no safety in things (1 Tim. 6:9). Those who pursue wealth and health rather than God find that their dreams either go unfulfilled or fail to satisfy. Believers anchor their hope in the solid rock of Jesus Christ. His words are always true and His promises always kept. I'll sometimes hear a person project his or her unfulfilled desires on God and then argue that He came up short. But Christians who make a request and submit to God's will always get an answer—yes, no, or wait. The Lord does not disappoint those who seek His will. Don't misunderstand that statement. We might feel temporarily let down when something we hope for is not in God's plan. But He doesn't go back on the biblical promise to ...

The   Lord   is a refuge   for the oppressed,      a stronghold in times of trouble.   Those who know your name   trust in you,      for you,   Lord , have never forsaken   those who seek you. Psalm 9:9-10

I’ve counseled plenty of folks who argue that they are not worthy of God’s love. Of all the passages I could point to that describe the Lord’s devotion, today’s is the one I think best showcases the unqualified friendship He offers His followers. As Jesus was praying in the garden of Gethsemane on the night before His crucifixion, Judas Iscariot approached him with a band of men. The betrayer stepped forward and kissed the Lord’s cheek. And what was Jesus’ response? According to another disciple, Matthew, He called the man “Friend” (Matt. 26:50). Judas expected Jesus to establish His kingdom on earth and drive the Romans out of Israel—anyone who could calm a storm at sea could easily remove an oppressive government! But Judas’s interest in Jesus was more personal and political than spiritual. In fact, John reported that his fellow disciple stole from the money box (12:6). Today the man’s name is synonymous with those who betray others for personal gain. In spite of Judas’ gre...