Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Ah, But We Repeat Ourselves
How I love Your instruction! It is my meditation all day long. Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. I have more insight than all my teachers because Your decrees are my meditation. I understand more than the elders because I obey...
Armed
How I love Your instruction! It is my meditation all day long. Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. I have more insight than all my teachers because Your decrees are my meditation. I understand more than the elders because I obey...
The Majesty Of God
You thought that I was altogether like you. Psalm 50:21 NKJV "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us. The greatness of God rouses fear within us, but His goodness encourages us not to be afraid of Him. To fear and not be...
Discernment
For everyone who partakes only of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to distinguish between good and evil. Hebrews 5:13-14 NASB * Do you want to...
My Portion Forever
Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; but You are the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for...
Pride, Brokenness, Humilitas
But He gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud, but shows favor to the humble. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up. James 4:6, 10 NIV There is a profound connection between brokenness and humility. Brokenness...
Every Knee Will Bow
Begin With The End In Mind:So that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:10-11 NASB The Opening...
Listen Before It Is Too Late
Listen! Wisdom is calling out in the streets and marketplaces, calling loudly at the city gates and wherever people come together:“Foolish people! How long do you want to be foolish? How long will you enjoy making fun of knowledge? Will you never learn? Listen when I...
On Moderation
All things in moderation, including moderation. Nothing is good in excess, including moderation.
Don’t Apologize
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:8-9 Don’t apologize. Confess.
Into The Light
God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can...
Hell Is Man’s Default Destination
For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in our Lord Christ Jesus. Romans 6:23, Adapted Contrary to popular belief, Hell is not a place God reserves for the worst of the worst. It is the default destination of every sinner. We need a...
Temptation
For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Hebrews 4:15 NASB A prayer when facing temptation: Lord, make me sober-minded. Help me feel now what I will feel later if...
The Berean Principle
And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth. Acts 17:11 NLT The mature Believer sits humbly under...
Called to Overcome
Prelude God calls us to be overcomers. To live in the victory Christ has already won over the world, the flesh, and the devil. The Christian life is not passive coexistence with sin. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we are called to put sin to death, resist the devil,...
A Prayer Of Adoration And Praise To God In The Morning
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who...
Who Bore The Blame?
I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” Job 42:5-6 Love (III)Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back,Guilty of dust and sin.But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slackfrom...
The Order Of Things
"If you love me, you will keep my commandments." John 14:15 No one can long worship God in spirit and in truth before the obligation to holy service becomes too strong to resist. Jesus explicitly establishes the order: first love (fellowship), then keeping His...
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