Fasting and Prayer.  The bible is very clear of the necessity of fasting and prayer in the life of the Christ follower - it is  “not just an Easter thing. ”   There are 92 scriptures in the Bible referring to fasting and prayer.  Yes we should pray without ceasing, but we too should have a specific, daily,...

  This Sunday, March 3rd, 2019, I have the honor and privilege to “officially” recognize our two Brooklyn Church of God Associate Pastor’s, Ben Helton and Jerry Bailey via Installation. Ben is serving as Associate of Visitation and Congregational Care, while Jerry is serving as Associate of Outreach and...

Agape Love - “Unconditional” love!  Wow this is a tough one!  Who do you know that seriously loves you unconditionally at all times?   Who do you love unconditionally at all times?  Well, I fall short.  To love unconditionally at all times would require me to forget about my self for a moment, and...

“And friends are friends forever

If the Lord's the Lord of them

And a friend will not say never

'Cause the welcome will not end

Though it's hard to let you go

In the Father's hands we know

That a lifetime's not too long

To live as friends”

These lyrics by Michael W. Smith not only come from one of my favorite contemporary...

“What's love got to do, got to do with it

What's love but a second hand emotion

What's love got to do, got to do with it

Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken” 

These lyrics from Tina Turner’s song, “what’s love got to do with it?” which was released WAY back in the 80’s (1984), was popular...

“I love you!”   I don’t care who you are or where you live on planet earth, all of humankind have a common basic need, to be loved.  God is the author of love - “For God so loved the world!”  The Bible is God’s love letter to humankind.  With love comes the responsibility to love...

In 1897, 15 individuals lined up for the first annual 26.2 mile footrace in Boston, Massachusetts - The B.A.A. Boston Marathon!

John McDermott from New York won that day in a time of 2:55:10 

(6:41 per mile).

The number of runners has grown to 38,000 today!  In 2018 Yuki Kawauchi from Japan won in 2:15:58 (5:11 per mile). ...

Complacency : “ self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies.”   As you press forward into this New Year are you complacent?  Satisfied with the status quo?  Maybe fear change?  Could it be you have a false sense of security and well-being?  Sometimes...

Happy New Year!  Hard to believe its 2019!  I can remember like it was yesterday the big Y2K scare in 1999 as we were approaching the year 2000.   All the computers were going to have a melt down - well it didn’t happen, but still 2000 was uncharted territory!   Just the thought of turning my calendar to the year...

God doesn’t want us to live in the past, but the present.  Yes, it is good and biblical to remember the past, as long as we don’t live there.  The past should help us to move forward.  God intends for His people, to be a people always looking and moving forward.  I love watching my  grandchildren, for...