We often want and expect our prayers to be answered immediately. However, answering prayers is complex. You may or may not receive your request, for a number of reasons. It may not come in your expected time frame. The request may not be in alignment with God's will for you. You may not even notice it was answered because it didn't come in a way you expected. Review your life and the times that you didn't receive what you requested, later to recognize that the…

10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? 13 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise…

The psalms are full of so much beauty, wisdom and promise. The following is a reminder of how your Creator waits for you to call on Him, to build a relationship with Him. I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;     he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me,     I will call on him as long as I live. Psalm 116:1-2  

Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. ~ Hebrews 13:1-2  

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them;     he delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted     and saves those who are crushed in spirit. The righteous person may have many troubles,     but the Lord delivers him from them all; he protects all his bones,     not one of them will be broken. Psalm 34:17-20