Author: tentalents

April 14, 2023 Melissa Valerio   Revelation 4:10-11  “the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever; and they throw down their crowns before the throne, saying, ‘Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the […]

April 10, 2023 Melissa Valerio   I have always wanted a vegetable garden. Especially now that Spring is in full swing with the birds chirping, flowers blooming, temperatures rising. What a treat to be able to grow your own tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, green beans, onions, and so on. I’d eat salads every day, and still […]

April 9, 2023 Melissa Valerio   Happy Resurrection Day! Thank You, God in Heaven, for sending Your son to die for us, and for raising Him back to life. Because of the resurrection, we are able to have new life too! Thank You for loving us so deeply.   image: freepik.com

April 6, 2023 Melissa Valerio   The poor have an abundance of it, the rich have no need of it, and it has more power than God. What is it?  Answer: Nothing    Have you ever had so little of something that you hoarded it so as not to lose it? Scared that the moment […]

April 3, 2023 Melissa Valerio   In 1983, singer Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” became the 5th best-selling single of that year. Though the basis of the song is more or less about a romantic love interest, the chorus strikes a profound biblical truth. Here’s what it says:    Once upon a time I […]

March 30, 2023 Melissa Valerio   You may know this song…   The wise man built his house upon the rock  The wise man built his house upon the rock   The wise man built his house upon the rock  And the rains came tumbling down    The rains came down and the floods came up   The […]

March 27, 2023 Melissa Valerio   Have you ever been shot for professing your faith in Christ? If you’re living in the US, probably not. But that’s not the case for many people in other parts of the world. Take Kareem, for instance. He was born into a Muslim family in Syria, came to know Christ, […]

March 23, 2023 Melissa Valerio   One day, I was having lunch at Panera with my 3 younger children. My 11 year old, Victor; my 9 year old, Holly; and my 7 year old, Ryan. Victor decided he didn’t want the strawberry that was sitting on his plate, so he offered it up to anyone […]

March 20, 2023 Melissa Valerio   Have you ever met someone that changed the course of your life? They made such a profound impact on your life; your life was never the same again. Good or bad, right? We do not like the bad, that’s a given. But the good, now those are divine intersections […]

March 16, 2023 Melissa Valerio   There are thousands of promises from God that appear in the Bible. Promises of hope, promises of protection, promises of success, promises of deliverance, promises of strength, and so forth. If there are so many promises written to us, then why are we so lacking in all these areas? […]