Category: Heart to Heart Devotional

“Turn my heart towards your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things; renew my life according to your word.” Ps. 119:36-37   Over the years, I have come across special phrases or mottos that express deep heartfelt commitments and purposes. These special phrases capture and inspire hearts towards a...

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive,...

So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free” (John 8:31, 32, NASB).   July 4 is the United States of America’s Independence Day. For most Americans...

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” (Matt. 19:14)   If you were given a choice between teaching a children’s class or an adult class, which one would you choose? I know that I prefer teaching an adult...

“Your path was in the sea and Your paths in the mighty waters, and Your footprints may not be known. You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.”   Recently, I faced a medical condition that needed attention. Even though, Effie and I both had some medical background, we...

13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to...

Freedom And Sacrifice Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13, NASB). For most Americans, the Memorial Day holiday provides an enjoyable three-day weekend. Unofficially, Memorial Day begins summer for many students and families.  The roads and airports are packed with travelers. Also, it’s a...

“Rise in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God, I am the LORD” (Lev. 19:32).   My bones aches. My eyesight and hearing are poorer. I can’t walk that fast anymore! Signs of old age?  You bet. How do we treat the elderly in our midst? Have you...

“Let my soul be at rest again, for the Lord has been good to me. He has saved me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. And so I walk in the Lord’s presence as I live here on earth!” – Psalm 116:7-9 It is no mystery that we live very busy...

John 13:34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. Christ gave his disciples a new commandment, “Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” This is in contrast to similar a commandment in the Old Covenant...