Lord, you have examined me and know all about me. Psalm 139:1 We were on our way home from visiting friends in Florida and decided to stop at the Holy Land Experience in Orlando. If you haven’t been there, it’s a walk-through experience of Biblical history – theme park without the rides. One of my favorite parts was the Scriptorium; a visual and dramatic history of the Scriptures. As we moved through the timeline and [...]
Lent is something most people don't even think about except when it's all over their clothes. This however is not the Lent I want to talk about here. Traditionally, Lent is the penitential preparation of the believer—through prayer, penance, repentance, almsgiving, and self-denial. For many orthodox churches and denominations it is the annual commemoration of Holy Week, marking the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events of the Passion of Christ on Good Friday, which then culminates in the celebration on Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of Jesus [...]
I recall a timely moment in my life when I heard Joyce Myers say, "Sometimes all you need is one word from God to see you through."It only takes one assuring word to bring us hope in times of despair; one piercing word to cut to our heart; one life giving word to make us stand tall. When I thought about this, I had an idea to share a scripture a day through Twitter to [...]
As you can see there are changes happening to this website as we are changing it from a personal blog by John Hobbs to Transforming Life Ministries. We will post more details about TLM soon as a main article to all of you as well as e-news to our subscribers and supporters. This site is changing to reflect the ministry of TLM. One of the Online Resources which will be provided by Transforming Life Ministries will [...]
I saw this cartoon at mentalreflection, thanks Philippa. "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV)
