“I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, 7 to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those…
How well God must like you – you don’t hang out at Sin Saloon, you don’t slink along Dead-End Road, you don’t go to Smart-Mouth College. Instead you thrill to God’s Word, you chew on Scripture day and night. You’re a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always…
Sometime after we have started school, grandparents, godparents, aunts and uncles will begin to ask, “What are you going to be when you grow up?” As we grow the answers usually change. Some of us from an early age have a passion for a certain vocation. Some graduate from high school, maybe even receive scholarships,…
I spent some time alone yesterday. There were two phone calls and maybe a half dozen text messages, but compared to a usual day, I was very alone. It was also the Sabbath. And I thought about how long it had been since I spent time just singing to the LORD, reading His Word and…
God is our refuge an strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam, Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! “Be still, and know that I AM God! I will be honored…
Then God gave the people all these instructions: … [The Ten Commandments] When the people heard the thunder and the loud blast of the ram’s horn, and when they saw the flashes of lightning and the smoke billowing from the mountain, they stood at a distance, trembling with fear. And they said to Moses, “You…
Then Jesus began to tell them that the Son of Man must suffer many terrible things and be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but three days later he would rise from the dead. 32 As he talked about this openly with his disciples,…
My husband, Henry, is doing a Bible study online every Thursday night on John’s Gospel. This week really spoke to my spirit. The Scripture reference is John 3:1-21. The verses that I am still mulling over are 18-21. Light has come into the world. If I feel I am stumbling around, uncertain of where I am…
Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.” Revelation 14:13 (NIV) No one is exempt from death. Whether we are a king, a millionaire, homeless…
A friend, CJ, posted this story on her FaceBook timeline. CJ is going through cancer treatment for the fifth time. She wants to bring Jesus’ love wherever she is in a hospital, in the midst of chemo treatment, wherever. I hope after you read this story that you will remember CJ in prayer every time…