Acts 13:1a Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers… “The Year of Bountiful Blessings and Turmoil” As we enter the year 2023, it is important to see the full spectrum of what the Holy Spirit is doing, both locally, and internationally. This year’s theme, Bountiful Blessings and

James 4:14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow.  You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.  Typically, I write about spiritual principles, but this is a great story and I already added a scripture to the beginning

Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Not all movies age well, but It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) has become a favorite in my world! The film’s message has stood the test of time and maybe just maybe has Americans and

2 Chronicles 7:14 If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn form their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. America today is in a spiritual

2 Timothy 2:1-4   First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and

2 Chronicles 7:14. If My people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. As America ventures into another voting

Hebrews 13:7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the Word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. In my very first Bible which I received as a gift from my mom when I

Romans 13:11   And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. We, as the Church, must be prepared to awake out of the slumber, we have been laying in.  We are covered with spiritual and

Jeremiah 1:9b-10  I have put my words in your mouth!  I have set you over the nations and over kingdoms, your job is to pull up and tear down, take apart and demolish, and then start over, building and planting. Thinking back, it was a chilly November day in 1999 in the western