Author: Kingston Tong (Kingston Tong)

“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you” (Exodus 20:12, NIV).       Mother’s Day is a once-a-year event for most people. The Scriptures commanded the Israelites to honor their fathers and mothers. Hmm, were the Israelites to do this once a year, maybe once a month or...

By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way  and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night (Exodus, 13:21, NIV).      Praise God, we made it through another school year! Praise the Lord, we’re heading toward...

Photo by Keith Johnston “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb…!”      Panic attack! Running Late! Can’t find your car keys or your cell phone! You’re running around like a chicken without your head on. You search here and there and then back to the same area in a few moments. You are...

Photo by Marc A. Sporys on Unsplash Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. (Ephesians 5:25, NIV). Valentine’s Day has come and gone. The roses have wilted and the box of chocolate candy may still be on the dining table. The dinner tab will be coming in on the...

Photo by Adrien Olichon on Unsplash “46‘Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ & do not do what I say? 47Everyone who comes to Me & hears My words & acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep & laid a foundation on...

Photo by Jean-Louis Paulin on Unsplash “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of” (Luke 6:45). NIV     Happy New Year to You. Today is...

Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash “Rejoice always, pray continually, Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, NIV).      Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. In the past three weeks, several storms of events have made it very difficult for me to rejoice always and give...

Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash “Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,  13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose” (Phil. 2:12-13) NIV. “What’s...

Opportunities knocks. Possibilities and options are ahead of us. Do we dare to venture beyond our comfort zone and where we have been! Have you heard of Crater of the Diamonds in Arkansas? I read about individuals finding raw diamonds at this State Park. I have even seen pictures of it but in our travels...