TIDEWATER CHURCH OF CHRIST

I am filled with peace as I choose to forgive. There may be times in my life when I feel I have been wronged by family, friends, strangers, or coworkers, but this is a perception that I can either hold on to or change. My perceptions can either pull me down or lift me higher. They can either serve me or limit me – the choice is mine. I choose today to have a positive perception. I choose to focus on the blessings in my life instead of the hurts or anxieties. I choose to adopt

With the New Year comes the infamous New Year’s Resolution. Some will resolve to lose weight, manage their time better, save money, and a host of other things. The start of a New Year brings about goals and plans of things many want to do differently in the upcoming New Year. While no one except the Father knows the time of the Lord’s coming, we do know that He will come as a thief in the night, so it behooves us to be ready (I Thess. 5:2; II Pet. 3:10, Rev. 16:15). Prayerful

The feeding of the 5,000 is the only miracle of Jesus recorded in all four gospels. John’s account says Jesus “tests” Philip (6:6) because He knows what He’s about to do. He wants to strengthen His disciples’ faith in Him. Make no mistake — this is a dramatic story. There were more leftovers than what they started with. Even the crowd recognized this miraculous moment (v. 14). In fact, the people were ready to make Him king (v. 15). So, what can we learn from this miracle? Do

“You, therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.” – II Peter 3:17-18 Spiritual growth nor spiritual maturity in an aspect of your Christian walks never “just happens,” and as many have already discovered in academia, sleeping with a book un

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” — Matthew 6:14-15 We have all been hurt by someone in our life. Perhaps we’re emotionally scarred because of someone else’s actions or words, and those memories are hard to shake out of our minds. And what God requires of us—to forgive—is one of the hardest