Verses from the Bible Genesis 1:1 – In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 3:1-24 -[The Temptation and Fall of Man] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?   (Read More…) Genesis 50:20 – But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. Exodus 9:16 – And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee My power; and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth. Deuteronomy 33:26-29 – There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.  (Read More…) Joshua 24:15 – And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. 1 Chronicles 29:11 – Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. 2 Chronicles 20:5-12 – And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,    (Read More…) Psalms 3:1-8 – (A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.) LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.     (Read More…) Psalms 22:28 – For the kingdom [is] the LORD’S: and he is the governor among the nations. Psalms 24:1 – (A Psalm of David.) The earth is the LORD’S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Psalms 47:1 – (To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.) O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. Psalms 99:1-9 – The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: He sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.     (Read More…) Psalms 115:3 – But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased. Proverbs 16:4 – The LORD hath made all things for Himself: yea, even the wicked...

“Great is our need of the saving grace of Christ. Everywhere we turn we see more or less clearly revealed the spirit of strife for place and position, a reaching out for honor and recognition. My brethren and sisters, if you desire honor, seek it in the right way. How shall you seek it, do you ask? In obedience to the word of truth. Our ambition in this life should be to honor Christ at every step. The hasty temper, the cruel speech, the unkind thought, are not to be indulged. It is not for us to exalt this one, and condemn that one. In right words, words that bless and encourage, we are to reveal the fruits of righteousness.” – {Loma Linda Messages p 127} Ellen G. White].. Read more Here   ” For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12 KJV King James Version (KJV)Lord help me to walk in your path, the path you set before me and live out your words daily in my life. Amen...

”Let each of us now embrace, with solemn duty and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright. With common effort and common purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history, and carry into an uncertain future that precious light of freedom.” President Barack Obama [44th President of the United States] Black History Month, (February)also known as African-American History Month in America, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African diaspora[ Wikipedia]  Rosa Louise McCauley (Rosa Parks)February 4; (1913-2005) was born on this day in Tuskegee, Alabama. She became famous for refusing to obey bus driver James Blake to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. An African American Civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress later called “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement.” Maya Angelou: Maya Angelou (1928-)  Angelou is a celebrated author and poet. Her first autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, described her tumultuous childhood.   Dr. Carter G. Woodson selected the month of February for the celebration of  then Negro History Week now changed to  Black History month as a way to honor  the birth of two men whose actions drastically altered the future of black Americans. Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation, was born on February 12th and Frederick Douglass, one of the nation’s leading abolitionists was born on February 14th. Martin Luther King Jr.  was a Minister and an activist who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement from the 1950’s until his assassination in 1968 Slavery in America ; Slavery and its legacy have shaped American history, from the Civil War to Reconstruction in the 1860s and 1870s to the struggle over civil rights a century later.  Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940)[1] was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL).[2] He founded the Black Star Line, part of the Back-to-Africa movement, which promoted the return of the African diaspora to their ancestral lands.[Wikipedia] African Americans in Government.  Colonel Colin Powell [Military official/diplomat]:  Born Colin Luther Powell on April 5, 1937, in Harlem, New York. The son of Jamaican immigrants Luther and Maud Powell, Colin was raised in the South Bronx. Powell was educated in the New York City public schools, and graduated from Morris High. (Served as the Secretary of State under President George W. Bush) Medgar Evers (1925-1963) was a U.S.civil rights activist and NAACP field secretary whose murder received national attention and made him a martyr to the cause of the...

Matthew 5:43-45 King James Version (KJV) 43 “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the...

Definition of Hope :   a:Hope is the emotional state which promotes the belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one’s life. Despair is the opposite of hope. Hope is the “feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best” or the act of “looking forward to something with desire and reasonable confidence” or “feel[ing] that something desired may happen. b: Other definitions are “to cherish a desire with anticipation”; “to desire with expectation of obtainment”; or “to expect with confidence”.trust  c:  often Hope Christianity The theological virtue defined as the desire and search for a future good, difficult but not impossible to attain with God’s help.  “Truly, without the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, we would have no Savior, no hope of true happiness in this world, and no hope of an eternal life of peace and happiness in the world to come.” :- The Life of Christ by Ellen G. White  Bible Verses on Hope [KJV & NKJV] For we were saved in this hope, but  hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?  But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for  it  with perseverance. (Romans 8:24, 25 NKJV) ”But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.” Psalms 71:14 “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.” Isaiah 40:28-29 “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.” Psalm 126:5 “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 NKJV For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the  Lord , thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV) And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,”James 4:8 NKJV Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” Hebrews 6:11 NKJV Source: [Wikipedia] ; The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language; Merriam-Webster Dictionary] [The Life of Christ by Ellen G. White];  [King James Version Bible...

I’m only human; I’m just a man. Help me believe in what I could be and all that I am. Show me the stairway I have to climb; Lord for my sake. Teach me to take One day at a time. Could you remember. When you walked among men. Jesus, you know when you’re looking below. It’s worse now than then. Pushin’ and shovin’ crowd in your mind. Lord for my sake, Teach me to take One day at a time One day at a time, sweet Jesus That’s all I’m asking from you Give me the strength to do everything that I have to do. Yesterday’s gone sweet Jesus And tomorrow may never be mine Help me today Show me the way One day at a...