And having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice highly favored one, the LORD is with you; blessed are you among women!" Luke 1: 28, NKJV Dear God, thank You so much for Your love and mercy toward Your children.  Please send Your Holy Spirit to be with us during the study of Your Word, for Christ's sake; Amen It is finally Mother's Day.  As we discovered yesterday, according to CARLSBAD.com, this makes it the one-hundredth "Mother's Day Observance, as we know it today."  I pray that we will make every day, "Mother's Day."  May we love our mothers, and do the...

"...Now indeed, Elizabeth, your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.  For with God nothing will be considered impossible." Luke 1: 36, 37, NKJV God, we are anxiously awaiting the message of love that is wrapped up in Your Word; so please speak to us LORD.  In Jesus' name we pray; Amen It is almost Mother's Day here in the United States, and in many other countries of the world.  According to CARLSBAD.com, "May, of 1908, was the first Mother's Day Observance as we know...

Then Eli answered and said "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him..."  So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son and called his name Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked for him from the LORD." 1 Samuel 1: 17, 20, NKJV Dear Lord, what a privilege it is to know that we can carry everything to You in prayer.  Now teach us, we pray, for Jesus' sake; Amen Today, our story is about a woman, who wanted to have a child, but...

A woman of Samaria came to draw water.  Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink."  John 4: 7, NKJV Thank You Holy Father, for giving us a sense of worth by asking us to give to You, who are the Giver of life and every good gift, something of ourselves.  May You continue to speak to our hearts today, for we are listening!  Amen As we continue in our Mother's Day series, I am happy to share with you the story of, "the woman at the well." I have shared her story with you before.  I also mentioned her during our...

And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well.  Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction."  Mark 5: 34, NKJV  Dear Lord, It is with gratitude that we come before Your throne of grace, in need of wisdom to understand Your Word; in Jesus' name we pray; Amen This is the third day in our Mother's Day series.  We have been learning spiritual lessons, from the lives of women in the Bible.  We do believe that everyone, men and women, boys and girls, can benefit from these lessons, because the Gospel message is all-inclusive! Our meditation...

Then she came and worshipped Him, saying, "Lord, help me!"  But He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs."  And she said, yes, LORD, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their Master's table." Matthew 15: 25-27, NKJV Eternal God, thank You for putting on our lips the words we need, when we pray to You.  Now give us accepting hearts to be hearers, and doers of Your will.  Amen This is our second day in this series leading to Mother's Day.  Today we are...

Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, You-Are-The-God-Who-Sees; for she said, "Have I also here seen Him who sees me?" Genesis 16: 13, NKJV Precious Lord, please give us insight into Your will, and may we delight to see wonderful things out of Your Word; in Jesus' name we pray; Amen Since we are only seven days away from Mother's Day, I would like to share with you excerpts from sermons I shared at a Women's Retreat in Kona, Hawaii; and other Women's Day events in Las Vegas, and at some local churches.  Some of the titles may be changed, but the essence...

Men cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.  But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night...'  Job 35: 10, NIV Dear God, as we come to You today, we give You thanks and praise for Your wonderful kindness to the children of men.  Now lead us into greater truths we pray, in the blessed name of Jesus!  Amen Today we conclude our series "The Lord Gives Songs in the Night!"  We will look at a few more pilgrims who faced their mountains of...

Men cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.  But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night...'  Job 35: 10, NIV Today we continue with our series on "Songs in the Night."  We will visit with the faithful ones who were battered and bruised, tossed and tempted, in many ways, similar to us.  We will see what gave them the strength and courage, to press forward; and hopefully, our faith will be renewed.  Today we will begin our visit with: Blind Bartimaeus:  "For years I sat by the...

Men cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.  But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night...'  Job 35: 10, NIV Dear Lord, You are so wonderful!  When the nights get long, and life seems so hard, and we lay on our beds unable to sleep, You Lord, gives us songs in the night.  As we study today, please give us a greater appreciation of our songs, for Christ's sake.  Amen We are so blessed to have songs for every occasion.  As many seasons...