Good morning! There is a door that the sheep go through that they know leads them to safety and security. It is the one where the shepherd lays at the entrance at night and leads them out to green pasture by day. It is the one they know is safe and guarded by their master. Jesus is the door that we must enter through to find the safety and security of heaven. There is no other door we can use to get into heaven and no other door by which we can be safe from the plans of the e

Good morning! I've read some lists of the "I Am" statements of Jesus that only include seven and omit this one. I have no idea why anyone would omit the most important one! This is the one that He declares Himself to God. That's a pretty important statement! He didn't just declare Himself to be the Son of God, but God Himself. When God showed up in the burning bush to Moses, He said, "I AM that I AM" was His name. It means, "to be" and "the self-existent One." So, when John s

Good morning! Jesus is not only the bread of life, but He is the light of the world. He reveals the darkness and overcame all of it. He is light and there is no darkness in Him at all. He was tempted at every point, yet was without sin. If we ever have a chance against darkness, we must follow Him, the light of the world. If we ever want to be victorious in our lives over sin and evil, we must follow Jesus to have the light of life. We cannot overcome darkness without Jesus.

Good morning! In starting a new year, it is important for us going into it having the proper perspective of who Jesus is. There are eight "I Am" statements in the Gospel of John that Jesus declared about Himself. This is the first of those statements. He said, "I am the bread of life." This may seem strange if you don't know the Old Testament very well. When the children of Israel were in the desert after leaving Egypt, God gave bread from heaven to sustain them for forty yea

Good morning and Happy New year! Welcome to 2026! I am grateful for all the support you gave this ministry in 2025 and how you helped us grow. You've helped us reach nearly 13,000 people per month with the Gospel in 10 nations in 2025! So, thank you for your likes, comments and shares on social media! I never thought I would be reaching people with the Gospel all over the world when I got saved in 1998. It wasn't the plan I had for my life, but God had other plans that were b

Good morning! It's the last day of 2025. How will you spend it? I am thankful to be feeling human again and trying to get my strength back up. Thank you for all the prayers! I am reflecting on the year and all the things that went well, the things accomplished, the blessings and also where improvements are needed. I try not to dwell on the past things that I can't change or fix and learn from mistakes or experiences to be better going forward. Too often, we spend too much tim

Good morning! Yesterday, I was still recovering from the flu and really felt worn out from my body spiking a high fever. I rested more than I usually would and tried to hydrate more than I thought I needed to make sure I have enough fluids in me. It's not easy to drink when you're not thirsty. It's not easy to eat something when you don't feel hungry or feel nauseous. But it is necessary for getting better and so I forced myself to do those things. I stepped outside today for

Good morning! Sometimes, it is hard to find a reason to rejoice over your situation or circumstances. That's why it's important to shift your focus to the Lord. I may not be able to rejoice in what I'm going through, but I can always rejoice in the Lord. His goodness and character doesn't change just because my circumstances are less than ideal. I hate being cooped up. I like being active and doing things productive. I started feeling a little ill last Tuesday. I took some zi

Good morning! The Father really knows how to give the best gifts. Jesus is the best gift anyone could ever give or receive. It's not a gift that looks good but once you dig into to it, you find flaws and discover it wasn't what you thought. He is perfect. God doesn't lie or oversell His gifts. What He gives is perfect and better than anything and everything else anyone could ever give in a thousand lifetimes. He doesn't play shadow games with us or make empty promises. He is

Good morning! It is always amazing to me how fast people move on from such big holidays. I saw in a store Valentine's Day gifts up while we hadn't even hit Christmas, let alone January! Jesus is such a big deal, that it's hard to move on past Him so easily. I mean, we now tell time by His birth. We have many church calendar days dedicated to His life, death, resurrection, ascension and the sending of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. Sometimes, I think we rush past important thin

Good morning! Sometimes, something really great happens to us and then the reality of life hits us leaving us with the question of, "what now?" I remember when my first child was born, and though I had tremendous joy, the reality that I had a kid to take care of for the first time set in. No matter how much I prepared and studied on how to be a good dad and practiced on dolls to change diapers, this wasn't a drill. This was real. It was overwhelming. But my kids are ordinary

Good morning and Merry Christmas! The greatest story ever told is that God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Jesus came to redeem all of humanity from their sin. A King born as a baby, not in a palace, but in a barn. God's Lamb born in a barn, the horn of salvation, the one Abraham saw that God Himself would provide to be the sacrifice. The ram whose horn was caught in the thicket

Good morning! It's Christmas Eve! As a kid, I remember the anticipation of what was to come Christmas morning. There was a scramble for those last minute tasks, baking and wrapping to get done. I was glad when Dad would finish work and was finally home. As a kid, I didn't have the level of stress my parents did. I didn't understand it until I became a parent and my kids were old enough to know what Christmas was. But, none of the stress I felt could compare to what happened o

Good morning! This is more of the prophesy by Zacharias. This portion talks about his son, John who would be the one preparing the way for Jesus. He would pronounce the work Jesus would do and that He is the promised child they have been waiting for. Even though this was given nearly 2000 years ago, they still ring true today and we have the same responsibility as they did in that day. Will we believe Jesus is the one or will we see Him as too common to be God? Will we receiv

Good morning! Zacharias had been visited by Gabriel the messenger angel of God months before Mary was. Unlike Mary, he didn't immediately accept what was delivered to him about he and his wife having a child because of their age and his wife's condition. It cost him his ability to speak for months. His son would be John the Baptist who would be the cousin of Jesus and the prophetic messenger to announce Jesus. When John was born, they were wanting to name him after his father

Good morning! So, imagine that you are a man about to marry your fiancé and you learn she is pregnant. Then, she gives you a story about still being a virgin and God had sent an angel to her to tell her she would be impregnated by the Holy Spirit with the Son of God. What would you do? Joseph was faced with that scenario and instead of blowing his top, exposing her, having her stoned for adultery and bringing shame upon her, he settled to quietly divorce her so as to keep her

Good morning! Mary's words sealed the will of God for her. When the angel told her all that God had planned, she said, "May it be unto me as you have said." That is what the angel reported back to God in heaven. There was joy in heaven and it filled Mary's heart. That joy brought a praise and worship session in the midst of her day. She hadn't planned on an angelic visit or to receive such a calling from God. But she had it, agreed to it and aligned herself with God's will. J

Good morning! So, imagine that you are just going about your day and a large, imposing spiritual being shows up and calls you by name. There's a reason the angel told her not to be afraid. It would have been a frightening experience for sure. But the angel needed her to not be afraid so she could clearly hear what the message was he had for her. It was imperative that she absorbed what was spoken to her because it would require a response. She needed to make a clear decision

Good morning! Typically, the lineage is traced through the father and Joseph, who was betrothed to Mary, was from that lineage. But many scholars say she was also from the lineage of David to ensure Jesus was in the bloodline of the prophesies about Him. He was the Horn of David the Scriptures pointed to that would come from David's lineage to be a Horn of Salvation to the world. When Mary heard the messenger, Gabriel, what she knew about the prophesies had to make her wonder

Good morning! When the time was right, God sent His Son as a child to pay the ransom for our sin, so that we could become His children. He brought Him through the right lineage, the right tribe, the right woman's womb at the right time. God knows what He is doing! He brought Jesus into the world under the law to redeem those under the law to become adopted as legitimate children. This is the gospel. He sent Him for the children of Israel first, but not only for them, but for