by Janina Marie Rivera | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog
“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” – Isaiah 40:8 There are times when God highlights specific verses to us, making Scripture leap from off the page and into our spirits. We know deep down that these words are not just...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog
“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. Luke 16:10 Has God entrusted us with little or with much? Do we have wealth? Do we have property? Not all of us are...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog
Moods. Aren’t we guilty of allowing our circumstances to dictate our mood? A morning of accidentally burning our toast or of being cut-off while driving means a response of lightning, thunder, and hail. We start scowling, snapping at everyone, paying attention to...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Feb 21, 2018 | Blog
Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. “Take away the stone,” he said. –John 11:38-39a Lazarus had already been dead for four days. By all accounts, he was not only dead but VERY DEAD. Therefore, it was...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Feb 21, 2018 | Blog
As Nehemiah and his fellow Israelites started to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, intimidation arose. Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite released words that were like arrows: “What are those feeble Jews doing?” “What they are building—if even a fox climbed...
