Author: Dr. O. A. James

Scripture Reference: Genesis 16:1-8 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. And she had an Egyptian maidservant whose name was Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing children. Please, go in to my maid; perhaps I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram...

                                 POUR THE OIL                    September 2023 Scripture Reference.  2 Kings 4:1-7 (NKJV) A certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. And the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his...

THE “BE” ATTITUDES                             August 2023 Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:1-12 (NKJV) And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be...

GOOD NEWS, AND WE REMAIN SILENT                      July 2023 2 Kings 7:3-13 (NKJV)  Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die? 4 If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And...

THOSE FEW SHEEP                  June 2023 1 Samuel 17: 12 – 29 (NKJV) 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul. 13 The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow...

                                             THE WAR THAT IS GOING ON                   May 2023 Romans 7:14-25 (NKJV) 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. 16 If, then, I...

Daniel 10:4-14 (NKJV) 4 Now on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, that is, the Tigris, 5 I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a certain man clothed in linen, whose waist was girded with gold of Uphaz! 6 His body was...

                                       HE STRENGTHENED HIMSELF                               January 2023  Scripture Reference:   2 Chronicles 32: 1-11 (NKJV) 32 …, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah; he encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them over to himself. 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come, and that his purpose was to make war against Jerusalem, 3 he consulted with...

                                             Scripture References: Psalm 139: 7-10 (NKJV) Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are here. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 Even there...

Scripture References: Jude :20-25 and 2 Peter 1: 1-8 (NKJV) 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And on some have compassion, making a distinction; 23 but...