2 Timothy 2:4 KJVNo man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.We’re on the battlefield for our Lord. Are we the soldier armed and ready to meet the enemy or are we the soldier looking behind him longing for our past life? If we look back, like Lot’s wife (Gen. 19:26), things don’t turn out well.Christian soldiers m...  Read More

When Darkness is All AroundActs 27:29 KJVThen fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.When things in life go wrong, it can seem like we’re surrounded by the darkness. Darkness makes it difficult to see. It makes it hard to discern how close you are to both others and objects.Paul had been in a storm for a fortnight. He and the ...  Read More

1 Samuel 16:1 KJVAnd the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.As ministers of God, small and great, we are tasked to pour into others. Some of us that task is limited to our children, friends, and fami...  Read More

Here is your "Tuesday Morning Tuneup" to help you meditate on God's Word from Sunday.   Read More

My Children Walking in Truth3 John 1:4 KJVI have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.As a mother, I have no greater concern than ensuring my girls grow up saved, marry saved men, and raise my grandchildren in the fear of the Lord. With my girls being 6, 4, and 2, these worries may seem unfounded to many, but God sees the end from the beginning.I will bring my requests humbly...  Read More

Galatians 6:8 KJVFor he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.Farmer’s expect that what they plant will some time later come out of the ground. But sometimes, they get a surprise. Often, they see weeds rise up between their crops, but other times, they have volunteer crops spring up too.Volunteer crop...  Read More

Genesis 41:41-42 KJVAnd Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;In the words of Judy Kay, “Joseph had a coat problem.”To start, Joseph’s father, Jacob, gave him a coat of many colors that further increased the ...  Read More

Joshua 2:21 KJVAnd she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.Jesus tells us in Matthew 17:20 it only takes a mustard seed of faith to move mountains. Rahab likely had only that. She had a mustard seed of faith in the God of Israel. So until she was removed from the city, God would not destroy Jericho. He h...  Read More

Matthew 24:6 KJVAnd ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.If I had to stake my claim on where we are in terms of Bible prophecy, it is right here. The above verse fully epitomizes our daily reality. WW3 is looming, Russia is invading Ukraine, China might invade Taiwan, and Middle Eastern countries are ...  Read More

Exodus 14:15 KJVAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:Sometimes, God tells us to stand still and watch Him move. Other times he tells us to go. For the children of Israel, it was time that they go. God had freed them from the Egyptians. All they needed to do was go forward to experience their freedom.How often does God ...  Read More

1 Samuel 30:19 KJVAnd there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.Every Bible is laid out a little differently, but for Pastor Bud, half of the account in 1 Sam. 30 was on one side of the page and the other half was on the other side.The negative portion of the story: David joi...  Read More

John 11:11-12 KJVThese things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.God is all-knowing, or omniscient. We are not. We are limited in our perception and our knowledge of situations and events, but God is not. When Christ is speaking to the disciples in the ver...  Read More