Julia Melatis – Author

Sunday Word & Worship 3rd Sunday of Advent 10A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked. 11For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He…

Sunday Word & Worship 2nd Sunday of Advent “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalm 46:10 ESV “Be still” – Strong’s Hebrew 7503: הַרְפּ֣וּ (har·pū) Sink, relax I love that definition! That’s what our being still is supposed to…

Sunday Word & Worship 1st Sunday of Advent Happy Christian New Year! Advent is the beginning of the Christian (seasonal) calendar. I thought since this is the beginning of a new year it would be appropriate to start with this song as our opening prayer. Really think about the words as you sing along. May…

1Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting. 2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. 3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 4He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all…

Read the verses in the image. Even in Old Testament times God’s people, Israel, were supposed to be God’s light to the world. To bring others to God. Sadly many took the “chosen people” thing too literally and shunned other people/nations completely. Do we do the same thing? Do we as Christians, God’s chosen people,…

Borrowed this quote from a friend’s Facebook story post. It got me thinking. God had not promised to take away all our troubles. But God has promised: – to never to leave us or forsake us (Deut. 31:6) – power through the Holy Spirit to do the things Jesus did and greater things (Acts 1:8,…

The verse above was the verse for the day on a group page. It reminded me of 1 Thessalonians 5:15-18, And Philippians 4:4-8, It got me thinking. How can we praise the Lord at all times, thanking Him in all circumstances? What it boils down to is our attitude toward our circumstances and whether we’re…

God has perfect timing. He always lines-up things perfectly. This is the verse of the day for today. And this is the passage my devotional was based on today. I think they go very well together. In the Philippians passage Paul talks of being mature in our thinking. While Joshua tells us to meditate on…

I just read a disturbing article claiming “the Jews” want anti-Semitic disclaimers added to the New Testament of the Bible and to the Qur’an. I’m not noting the source, because I have no idea if it is true or not. The only reason I mention it, it is a good start to an article on…

Training up our children and grandchildren in the Word and to follow Jesus is so crucial! There is a lot of opposition in this world, so much more than what I had growing up, and much more access to information through the internet and even television, than ever before. Long before adulthood a child may…