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#39 –  Prayer holds the key to heaven but… – May 8, 2025 1 John 5:14, “And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us”.                 Prayer.  Many times we take that privilege for granted.  Sometimes it’s words spoken and soon forgotten. …

#38 –  The Deck of Cards – April 17, 2025                 (I am slowly on the road to recovery and, before I begin my articles again, I want to thank, “with much gratefulness”, the thoughts, prayers, and cards from all of you.  I hope that I am able to slowly get back to the writing…

#37 –  A New Year of Contentment – January 2, 2025 2 Corinthians 5:17, “…old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”  This verse describes what happens when a person has become a new creation through the saving grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ.  It also reminds me of the year past…

#36 – The Most Precious Christmas Gift – December 20, 2024 2 Corinthians 9:15, “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.” Up until I was 13 my father was a farmer. Anyone that has farmed for a living (back in the day) knows there were more bad years than there were good. We were…

INSPIRATIONAL INSIGHTS #35 – Twas the Night Before… – December 13, 2024                 Hebrews 9:28, “So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.”                 Well, it’s less than two weeks until…

      I’m starting to get back into writing, which I’ve missed greatly, but I’m doing it slowly. I plan on getting an article every two weeks, but if the inspiration hits me, I’ll hopefully be able to send one out every week. Be patient with me and remember me in your prayers as I remember…

          I’ve actually been thinking about taking a break from my Inspirational Insights Articles.  I have some doctor appointments in Pittsburgh; nothing serious, but it may help my tremors. Then, to alleviate some numbness I have in my right hand, I may need surgery on my elbow to fix an out-of-whack nerve.  I also have…

#31 – A Prophet With Questions– September 26, 2024 Proverbs 25:2, “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.” The verse above is simply saying to us that there are many things God will not reveal to us. Besides, even if He…

#31 – A Prophet With Questions– September 26, 2024 Proverbs 25:2, “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.” The verse above is simply saying to us that there are many things God will not reveal to us. Besides, even if He…

Thank you and God bless each and every one of you!  INSPIRATIONAL INSIGHTS #30 – Just Ordinary People– September 19, 2024 1 Corinthians 1:26 “For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.” An email going around a few…

#29 – Let us Gather Together! – September 12, 2024 Hebrews 10:24-25, “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as  you see the Day drawing near.”                 This…

#28 – Numbers! They’re Everywhere! – September 5, 2024 Matthew 10:30, “But even the hairs of your head are numbered.”                 Have you ever thought about how many times during the day we depend, or acknowledge, numbers?  We watch the numbers on the clock, the number of degrees we set our oven on for cooking,…

#27 –Be Diligent, Watchful, and Prayerful– August 30, 2024 2 Chronicles 7:14, “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” The upcoming presidential election has…

#26 – The Destructive Organ– August 23, 2024 Psalm 141:3, “Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.”                 In “Our Daily Bread” on July 20th was an article that talked about a 17 year old student from a prestigious school that died by suicide.  This young…

#25 – Determination, Trust, and Forgiveness – August 16, 2024 Ephesians 4:31-32, “Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.  And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”                 We moved into this neighborhood back in 1985. …

#24 – Hear Ye, Hear Ye!! – August 8, 2024 Matthew 11:15, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”                 Every Sunday, as we sit in church, we hear the gospel given to us through the scriptures of His Holy Bible.  How much do we really hear?  Many of us hear a little;…

#23 – God is not mocked – August 1, 2024 Galatians 6:7, “Be not deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”                 Saturday, July 27th, I woke up and turned the TV on as I drank my coffee.  The first thing I saw, the VERY FIRST thing…

#22 – How satisfied are we? – July 25, 2024 Matthew 5:6, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”                 I was reading in a little book entitled “He Calls me Friend” by Larry Dugger and came across a little story from a man who talked about one…

#21 – Who controls our “Destiny”? – July 18, 2024 Ephesians 2:10, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them”. Destiny – (“fate”) destiny refers to a specific future or outcome that results from a predetermined or inevitable course of events. …

#20 – Don’t get lost in repetition – July 11, 2024 Luke 11:2-4, “Our Father who art in Heaven…Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the Glory forever, Amen”. There are two specific prayers from Jesus in the Bible.  One is the actual “Lord’s Prayer” which Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane as…

#19 – A Letter from Paul Harvey – July 4, 2024 3 John 1:4, “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” In 2015 I wrote an article that included Paul Harvey’s wonderful depiction of “If I were the Devil”.  I have always been a fan of…

#18 – The “Taken-for-Granted Gifts – June 27, 2024 James1:17, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” Okay, we have all been very thankful for the many blessings (gifts) that God has freely given…

#17 – The “Kudzu” of our lives – June 20, 2024 James 4:7, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” In the early 1900’s a plant was imported from China and Japan for several reasons.  “Kudzu” was imported for ornamental purposes, forage crops for livestock and erosion control. …

#16 – Anxiety vs Peace – June 13, 2024 2 Timothy 1:7, “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” My son just bought a motorcycle.  I’m not happy.  I tried to talk him out of it.  It wasn’t the fact that I didn’t think he’s a…

#15 – The Sound of God – June 6, 2024 Psalm 77:18, “The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.” Once a year many motorcycle riders get together and meet in Johnstown, PA for the annual “Thunder in the Valley”.  It’s an awesome…

#14 – The Dash of Vapor – May 30, 2024 James 4:14-16, ”…whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow.  For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” Coming back from a doctor’s appointment in Somerset last week, I noticed how beautiful…

#11 – Un-named recipients of God’s love – May 16, 2024                 Mark 9:23, Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”                 How many times have we been asked to pray for someone, but we don’t even know their name?  How many times have we stated,…

#11 – A is for Abundance – May 9, 2024                John 10:10, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”                Have you noticed, in your travels, how the trees, flowers, and grassy fields have suddenly begun to sprout out into…

#10 – Where are you going? – May 2, 2024                John 3:8, “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”                This past Monday was a day…

#9 – Broken, in order to shine – April 25, 2024                Psalm 51:8, “Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.”                I can’t tell you how many times I have broken, or cracked, my little right toe.  It seems that little digit had a bad habit of…

Creator vs creation – April 19, 2024                Romans 14:11, For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”                I have mentioned many times how the glory of nature gives me a sense of peace and tranquility.  I love sitting…

Creator vs creation – April 19, 2024                Romans 14:11, For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”                I have mentioned many times how the glory of nature gives me a sense of peace and tranquility.  I love sitting…

A few of my favorites                2 Timothy 1:12, “…for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him until that Day.”                How many sang that as you read it?  It’s a song we sing in church from time to time…

Knowledge about what’s happening is essential! 1 Corinthians 2:14, “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned (separated).”                That’s a difficult scripture for believers, knowing that many of our own loved ones…

“All roads lead home…but that depends on which way you’re going” Isaiah 30:21 “And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying ‘This is the way, walk in it, when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left’.”                Coming back from Morgantown, WV, after visiting with my grandkids one…

“There’s Always Hope” Romans 8:25 “But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.” There is a beautiful song written and sung by The Gaither Band called “Something Worth Living For.” It tells us that when we think our life is shattered, all our hope is gone, and…

“A PLACE FOR YOU”                 1 Corinthians 12:12 “For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.” Our church, on a good Sunday, might have a total congregation of 10 people.  One day last fall we had a…