Romans 8:28 New Living Translation (NLT) 28 And we know that God causes everything to work together[a] for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them. My father, William Otha Hopper, was a writer. He went by Otha. He taught English at the University of Alabama and…

  Jeremiah 1:11-12 New Living Translation (NLT) 11 Then the Lord said to me, “Look, Jeremiah! What do you see?” And I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.” 12 And the Lord said, “That’s right, and it means that I am watching,[a] and I will certainly carry out all my plans.” Why this verse for this story? Because it’s a pun…a play on words….

Malachi 4:6 New King James Version (NKJV) 6 And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, The year was about 1981 or as late as 1983. It’s tough to recall exactly. I lived in an apartment with a couple of guys in Smyrna, Ga. My…

I’m going to be sharing some things that may be outside of your Christian experience comfort zone. God has used them in my life to build intimacy in our relationship and to confirm to me “again” we can be as close to Him as we want to be. I believe the church in general is…