by Janina Marie Rivera | Aug 17, 2021 | Blog
Make vows to the Lord your God, and pay them; let all who are around Him bring presents to Him who ought to be feared. Psalm 76:11 Give to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering, and come into His courts. Psalm 96:8 In ancient times, it was a necessary...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Jun 28, 2021 | Blog
Give us this day our daily bread. Matthew 6:11 We need food to survive, and the Lord knows this. When we don’t eat, chances are we feel lousy, irritable, hungry, forgetful, and angry. While mulling over Matthew 6:11, one of the things that struck me was how we can...
by Janina Marie Rivera | May 26, 2021 | Blog
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Ephesians 5:15-17 We usually use the word “redeem” in relation to sin. It means...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Apr 6, 2021 | Blog
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had...
by Janina Marie Rivera | Feb 1, 2021 | Blog
Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” – 2 Kings 5:13 How infectious is our faith? What would have...