Author Archives: lsimonds

“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 “Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, … Continue reading →

“And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 “Love’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” Don’t we display a gamut of beliefs as a nation? No, I’m … Continue reading →

“…for in Him we live and move and have our being…” Acts 17:28 A friend and former colleague died suddenly and violently in April. The first time I met him, years ago, he held the highest position in our organization. … Continue reading →

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we … Continue reading →

“But Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.” Mark 10:27 I’m really glad Brian De Palma and Company brought the wonderful spy thriller Mission Impossible … Continue reading →

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 One summer night, sometime during the … Continue reading →

“For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light; reproofs of instruction are the way of life.” Proverbs 6:23 In his 1939 Christmas broadcast to the British Empire, a nation on the brink of war, King George VI … Continue reading →

“You watched while a stone was cut without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, … Continue reading →

“So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?’ He said to him, ‘Yes Lord, You know that I love You.’ He said to him, ‘Feed my … Continue reading →

“Then the veil of temple was torn in two from top to bottom.” Mark 15:38 The Lord made an interesting statement to His disciples when he was living and working among them. Matthew recorded Jesus as saying the law and … Continue reading →

“The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed, that he should not die in the pit, and that his bread should not fail.” Isaiah 51:14 Have you ever heard of someone digging a hole for himself with his words? … Continue reading →

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.”  Psalm 19:14 Everyone meditates. And it shows. Not long ago, the screenwriter for a movie titled … Continue reading →