Contending for the faith | Making Disciples | Equipping the Saints for Ministry
By Jeannette Haley How beautiful, entertaining and sometimes hilarious it is to watch thecuriosity of newborns in both the human and animal worlds! What would life bewithout curiosity? There is just something askew when a human being prefers tolapse into a zombie state of mind and chooses to become disinterested anddetached from everything and everybody […]
By Jeannette Haley Inconveniences are just part of life no matter how much time, money, and energy we expend trying to eradicate them from our own personal environment. Let’s face it, we all love having things convenient for our use whether it’s indoors or out. When you think about the details of your daily life, […]
By Jeannette Haley “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing.” –Psalm 92:12-14 […]
By Jeannette Haley “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” – Proverbs 29:19a What does it mean that people perish if there is no vision? The Hebrew word for “vision” in this Scripture is “chazown” which means “a sight” (mentally) i.e. a dream, revelation or oracle. The idea here is that if the people […]
By Jeannette Haley “Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” – Genesis 3:1b The unmistakable hiss of that old serpent, Satan, can still be heard covering the whole earth, yet every generation of mankind automatically listens to his flood of unceasing lies. Few ever stop to think, discern […]
By Jeannette Haley “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine” Solomon’s Song 6:3 It is quite obvious that the cycles and rhythms of American traditions continue to function in spite of all the world-shaking events that rage over and around us. They are as predictable as the drumbeats at a Pow Wow. For example, […]
By Jeannette Haley It’s impossible to number all the different religions that exist among earth’s nearly 8 billion inhabitants; but regardless of the multitudes of beliefs, traditions and practices that 85 percent of the people put their faith in, there is only one that holds the key to eternal life and that is real Christianity. […]
By Jeannette Haley From Genesis to Revelation, we read about the holy angels of God; in fact, so much so that most of us generally take it for granted that angels are real beings with great powers who serve the Most High God day and night. Our understanding of angels can be enhanced by […]
By Jeannette Haley Sometimes an old song unexpectedly begins to flow through your mind, bringing with it heartwarming emotions and colorful images of days gone by. As fall proceeds to paint its way across the landscape towards Thanksgiving, the rustle of colorful leaves, the smell of woodsmoke, and the warmth of a fire can, for […]
By Jeannette Haley Sometimes when your brain becomes weary and you feel like you’re on“overload” this question “Does it really matter?” can sneak its way into your mind.Does it really matter if I get up early so much can be accomplished, or does itreally matter if I go to work today, or does it really […]