This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, December 2021
A Word to the Wise By Jeff Padgett, Ph.D. Scripture Reference: Matthew 2:1-12 These wise men were looking for a sign they knew was coming. They weren’t believers, but spiritual people realizing & interpreting the time in which they lived. They were following a star. A star so bright it »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, November 2021
Reflections By Jeff Padgett, Ph.D. “You do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away” (James 4:14). Living knowing that your life is a vapor is different from just living. You’ve got »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, October 2021
By Jeff Padgett, Ph.D. 1 Samuel 16:6-7, “ 6 So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, “ Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him! ” 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “ Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, September 2021
By James Lowe What pops in your head when you think of Labor Day? A day off from work or school? Fun times with the family? Maybe the unofficial end of summer. Many of us think about these things and celebrate Labor Day Weekend. While it may seem like the »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, August 2021
Recovery From Life's Disasters By Jeff Padgett, Ph.D. It’s sad to say; life has its share of tragedy, and chances are, you will go through a tragedy. Because the Bible teaches that this is not a perfect world. Because there is sin in the world, people do wrong things, »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, May 2021
I Can’t Believe That Worked “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” – Isaiah 55:8-9 Have you ever tried something »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, April 2021
Never Underestimate the Enemy Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. – I Peter 5:8 In March 2013, a US MQ-1 Predator was on a mission in the Persian Gulf that called for it to fly close to, but not »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, March 2021
Integrity Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. – Proverbs 10:9 Have you ever thought you could “get away” with something? Maybe you didn’t report that income on your taxes, or quietly sabotaged the reputation of a person you disliked. »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, February 2021
We Have This Moment So teach us to number our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom. – Psalm 90:12 This morning, I am 13,316 days old. This puts me somewhere around the halfway point of the average lifespan of 27,375 days. Around 10,000 days ago, one of »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, January 2021
New Year's Resolutions “... forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 3:13-14 Most of us make New Year’s resolutions. Often, we resolve to lose »
This Month at PAYH: Monthly Newsletter, December 2020
Unusual Intel The Philistines assembled to fight Israel, with three thousand chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash, east of Beth Aven. – I Samuel 13:5 In February 1918, as the First World War approached its conclusion, British Major Vivian »