Good day, this is Michael De Rosa and my text is Psalm 23:4, and the topic is suffering No. One. Is. Immune. Sure, I believe in miracles, but I also believe in a Sovereign God who knows the end game and knows the best way to win…which just might entail Read more…
Jeremiah 6::17 I chose watchmen to watch over you. I told them, ‘Listen for the sound of the war trumpet.’ But they said, ‘We will not listen!’ The parallels between our society’s and ancient Israel’s bent towards sin is striking. The one thing that I want to bring out today is this: Read more…
Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. How grateful I was when I read some of the comments on a recent school board meeting in Claremont NH. I had prayed for Our Lord’s peace and Read more…
By this they will know that you are my disciples by the way you love one another John 13.35 How well do WE love those who we are uncomfortable with? And, yet, as Christians we are called love one another. But, without Christ, this is only a lofty ideal, that Read more…
Isaiah 40:31 Yet those who wait for the LordWill gain new strength;They will mount up with wings like eagles,They will run and not get tired,They will walk and not become weary. Let me tell you some things that I am learning about waiting for the Lord Rather, And…all this gives Read more…
We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. Roman 5:3 Friends, if we don’t know how to handle our problems, those very problems will consume us But, here we learn how to get through them. Namely by Rejoicing Read more…
Psalm 121:1-2 I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;From where shall my help come? My help comes from the Lord,Who made heaven and earth. Too often, though, we don’t look up, but look out to find help. We look towards institutions and people for advice and resources in Read more…
Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Since I retired last year, I have been struggling with my aging, which brings out Read more…
Colossians 3:1 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Unfortunately, one too many of us, get derailed in our faith because we don’t heed this life giving instruction: Here are just one example Read more…
John 8:32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” Now, please read John 8 to better grasp the context of this verse. Here, though, is a thumbnail sketch: A woman was caught in adultery and the religious leaders presumed they knew what was Read more…