by Janina Marie Rivera | Jun 18, 2019 | Blog
But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Jun 12, 2019 | Blog
The day before, the Lord had told Samuel, “At this time tomorrow I will send a man to you. He will be from the tribe of Benjamin. You must anoint him and make him the new leader over my people Israel. This man will save my people from the Philistines. I have seen my...
by Janina Marie Rivera | May 31, 2019 | Blog
“Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the Lord. Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.” 1 Samuel...
by Janina Marie Rivera | May 21, 2019 | Blog
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24 KJV How much do we know of ourselves? Whenever I find my emotions clouding my judgment, I find myself in...
by Janina Marie Rivera | May 8, 2019 | Blog
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!” Mark 1:35-37...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog
Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was the son of his old age. And he made him a robe of many colors. Genesis 37:3 I. The Colorful Robe Imagine how Joseph must have felt when he received the colorful robe from his father Jacob. He must...
