Author Archives: Pastor Darvin

Psalm 50:23 (NLT2) But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God. “He who does not praise God while here on earth shall in eternity be dumb.” – Jan Van Ruysbroeck (1293-1381) Edythe Draper, Draper’s … Continue reading →

Psalm 119:43 (NLT2)   Do not snatch your word of truth from me, for your regulations are my only hope. As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is a mere flattery or platitude; it is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a strength. Like all … Continue reading →

Psalm 51:17   The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.  (New Living Translation, 2nd Ed.)

The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. Psalm 51:17 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) You can serve at all the homeless shelter soup kitchens that you want, but those works are not what is needed to get right with … Continue reading →

May your New Year’s Prayer be for all those little kings in Washington as follows: 1  Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son! 2  May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice! 3  Let the mountains bear prosperity for … Continue reading →

Romans 8:7-8 (NLT2) 7  For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. 8  That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.

Isaiah 43:19 (NLT2)  For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. I suppose when we wake on January 1 the world will look the … Continue reading →

2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. Let Christ be your New Year’s (Life’s) resolution.  Pastor Darvin

Deuteronomy 30:11-14 (NLT2) 11  “This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you to understand, and it is not beyond your reach. 12  It is not kept in heaven, so distant that you must ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven and bring it down so … Continue reading →

Psalm 62:2   He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken. (New Living Translation, Second Edition)