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                                                           As soon as trouble comes, they will search for me.

                                                                                     HOSEA 5:15 NLT





Sunshine, lollipops, and roses can create self-dependency.

     Feeling you…

A triolet prayer for pruning

(Isaiah 63:1–6; John 3:30 and 15:1–8; Revelation 14:17–20)

by Salvatore Anthony Luiso

O Father, all-wise Vinedresser,

Prune us that we may bear more fruit.

O righteous and just Winepresser,

O Father, all-wise Vinedresser:

Christ be greater, and we lesser,

He is the Vine in which…

                               The people who know their God shall be steadfast and will accomplish notable feats.

                                                                                   DANIEL 11:32 MLB





Wait on Me—be strong.

     Still your soul in…

When I was still pastoring, I occasionally told my people, “The most important things I ever tell you, you already know.” This is especially true of what I have to say to you who are living in this day. Jesus warned us that great difficulties are going to come upon us.

In the first verses of John 16 Jesus said,

“I have said all…

I have been working on a book on the warnings of Jesus concerning difficult times that are coming. However, a recent doctor appointment gave me a different perspective on my cancer. This has changed my approach to a number of things in my life including my work on this book. Although I am still not sure how quickly the drink offering of my life is being poured out to God, I believe I need to walk more wisely in relation to time.

Ephesians 5:15-17 speaks pointedly to…

                                                                      As my vision continued that night, 

                                         I saw someone who looked like a man coming with the clouds of heaven.

                                                He approached the Ancient One and was led into…

                                                  From that day the name of the city will be “The LORD Is There.”

                                                                                    EZEKIEL 48:35 NLT





When you are unsure which way to turn, I am there to direct…

DO YOU LOVE ME?

John 21:15-18

At the very end of the Gospel of John 

Jesus asked Simon Peter a crucial question of discipleship.

“Do you love me?”

Everything we…

The celebration of the Birth of Christ on December 25th or January 6th annually is a "man-made" tradition. Scripture is silent on these dates and on the celebration itself. Thus, "men" could change the date.

Here is one item of Evanlogical evidence for Christianity to Commemorate the Birth of Christ on Worldwide Communion Day (first Sunday in…

A rondelet prayer for fruitfulness in Christ

(John 2:1–11 and 15:1–8; I Corinthians 11:23–30)

by Salvatore Anthony Luiso

O Christ the Vine,

In You may we always abide.

O Christ the Vine,…

                                                                          black hole - Hubble Telescope image 

                They think the whole world revolves around them! 

                                      EZEKIEL…

                                                      You boasted proudly against me, and I have heard it all!

                                                                                    EZEKIEL 35:13 NLT





When you talk big, you think small.

Are you actually…

My book, SIGNS, is out!

Please pray with me for God to use it as He desires

"SIGNS: Stories highlighting the signs recorded in The Gospel of John," is…

My book, SIGNS, is out!

Please pray with me for God to use it as He desires

"SIGNS: Stories highlighting the signs recorded in The Gospel of John," is…

As he admitted to a wrongdoing, the young man said, “I just couldn’t control myself.” Self-control is a difficult thing. It has to do with discipline, and discipline is hard. We live in an out-of-control society and If you don’t discipline yourself, someone else will control you. Thus the importance of self-control. It is similar to a muscle in that the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets. The idea of self-control gains in importance when you realize that if a person can’t control…

I spoke recently at a Men’s Breakfast for a nearby church. Present at that gathering was a man who had been a member of a neighboring church where I had served as Interim Pastor thirty-two years previously. Unfortunately, his wife was having memory issues, and it prompted him to share a story with me. A few days earlier he had been going through one of his wife’s purses in an attempt to help her find something, when his hand felt a cassette tape at the bottom of a purse. Removing the…