When I hear the word joy many people and things come to mind. My grandmother had an infectious laugh, she loved life, and found joy in the simple things. I also think of my granddaughter Adalyn Joy, a...  Read More

Exodus 20   8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, y...  Read More

Ecclesiastes 3:1, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:”Well it's that time of year again. Summer is ending and at least in our house change is on the way...  Read More

10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very w...  Read More

2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance."As I write this de...  Read More

Mark 12: 30-31, "30 so love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.' 31 And here is the second: 'Love others as well as you love yourself.' There is no other command...  Read More

“Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart that I may fear your name. I will praise you Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever...  Read More

“For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the king...  Read More

The first temptation the devil dangled before our Lord was the temptation to be relevant: turn stones into bread. Yet Jesus’ answer rings loud and true (4): “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by ...  Read More

Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighb...  Read More

Greetings Lakeside Family, This is a quote from my devotional a couple of weeks ago, “Corporate worship rescues us again and again by reminding us that there is only one glory worth giving our lives t...  Read More

Luke 11:13, “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”As Father's Day approaches I can...  Read More