Truth Bits “Stress Calming Remedy”

This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me – Psalm 119:50 When we feel stress creeping into our soul and stealing our joy, the last thing that we sometimes feel like doing is sitting down and reading the Bible. The frustration and grief feel too real, and reading seems too [...]

Truth Bits “In Your Face”

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. James 4:17 All of us have been defiant, some of us more than others. What amazes me is the older I get the more defiance I see displayed around me. I am not sure if that is [...]

Truth Bits “Never Let Go”

Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. Psalm 55:22 You know what I like about the promises of God? There are definite and for specific purpose. Like this verse, notice what God is saying here and what He is not saying here. First, He [...]

Truth Bits “God’s Perfect Planning”

For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. Romans 8:29 Suffering can be used to prepare us for a special task. The greatest example of this is Joseph, who was mistreated by his brothers and [...]

Truth Bits “Overfilled Cup”

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. Romans 5:5 NIV Maybe this has happened to you or at least you have seen it happen?  You’re sitting in a restaurant and the waitress is pouring water into a [...]

Truth Bits “Copy Cats”

A righteous man who walks in his integrity, How blessed are his sons after him. Proverbs 20:7 NIV Over the years I have spent being a parent I have noticed that my children copy alot of what my wife and I do. It could be as little as something we say, our facial expressions, and [...]

Truth Bits: The God Repellant “Worry”

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9 Worry, all of us do it and all of us find ourselves for the most part being consumed by it. We worry about our children. We worry about our families, our Jobs [...]

Truth Bits “Blessing for Mom”

Her children rise up and bless her;” Proverbs 31:28 While reading this morning I came across this story that I just had to share. When Thomas Edison’s intelligent and sympathetic mother learned that his teachers felt he had inferior ability, she educated him at home. He said, “My mother was the making of me. She [...]

Truth Bits “Perfect Providing”

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” Matt 6:26. NIV Well this is definately a first; writting a devotion from a hotel business center can be quite tricky. I [...]

Truth Bits “Holy Spirit Defined, Conviction”

And when (the Holy Spirit) comes, He will convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment.” John 16:8 No matter how hard we try, all of us will rationalize all sorts of evil things.  For many people today, there is no such thing as sin, everything is explainable.” However, the Holy Spirit cuts right [...]