Mountain Top Musings

Unless Christ rose from the dead, I am wasting my time writing this and you are wasting your time reading.  Thankfully, He lives!  There...

And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying,...

Read Jeremiah 17. We have heard the instruction, “Follow your heart!” We dare not! Rather, heed the will of God found in the Word of...

Read Jeremiah 16.  When you wake up and your house is on fire, you don’t have time to shower and make breakfast—you run out as ...

Read Jeremiah 15:10-21. Self-pity is not a particularly attractive attitude, but an understandable one, given difficult circumsta...

You may recall Tina Turner’s pop music hit from years ago that posed this question.   As we approach Valentine’s Day—a time designa...

Read Psalm 5. There are some appointments we should keep today.  David met with God first thing in the morning as he prayed.  Wil...

Read Psalm 4. There should be earnestness in our praying—not going through the motions, mouthing a few pious phrases, checking it off ...

Read Jeremiah 13:18-27 If we do not humble ourselves, then God will humble us.  We can bow our knee to God willingly or God can b...

Read Jeremiah 13:12-17. When Herbert Hoover ran for President in 1928, his campaign promised, “A chicken in every pot and a car in...

Read Jer.13:1-11.  Good for nothing—not a flattering description to give someone.  Yet, it was the accurate assessment of God con...

God forsaken—what a frightening term for a fearful truth—and it was what the inhabitants of Jerusalem were about to experience.  The ...

Read Jeremiah 12:1-6. Why do bad things happen to good people?  It is an age-old, perplexing question. Jeremiah stands that on its...

Read Psalm 3 All of us at some point will find ourselves in a situation where we desperately need God.  Maybe you’re at that point toda...

Read Psalm 1 As we embark on a new year, do we desire God to prosper us?  By that, I do not mean a spirit of greed and covetousness, ...

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yo...

But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner....

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,   To Timothy, a belo...

I t   as been said, “A picture is worth a thousand words.”  Since I don’t have room in this newsletter for a thousand words—and you mig...