Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Time To Sacrifice The Queen?
Whenever life becomes a game of tinker toys the queen may be sacrificed. Adapted, Maybe, Maybe Not, Robert Fulghum On a hot summer’s day, late in August, I sought shade and a cool drink under the canvas awning of a waterfront café in the old harbor of the town of...
A Prayer Of Surrender, Humility, And Worship
But how can I ever know what sins are lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. And keep me from deliberate wrongs; help me to stop doing them. Only then can I be free of guilt and innocent of some great crime. May the words of my mouth and the...
Abide
Abide in Me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do...
Revealed Truth
All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, rebuke, correction, instruction, and for training in righteousness and conformity to God’s will for our lives. It is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It is...
The Word Of God
And He humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, that He might make you realize that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Listen, then, O Israel. Commit yourselves...
At The Launch Of A New Year
Maker and Sustainer of all things, I launch my bark on the unknown waters of a new year, with You as my Harbor, Your Son at my helm, and the Holy Spirit the wind in my sails. Length of days does not profit me except that they be passed in Your presence, in Your...
Judgment: Truth Or Evil
When all is said and done, the conclusion of the matter is this; fear God and obey His commandments, for this is the entire duty of man. For God will bring every act to judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it be for truth or evil. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
Sin. Justice. The Worm Does Not Die.
I, the Lord, have spoken. “As surely as My new heavens and earth will remain, so will you always be My people, with a name that will never disappear,” says the Lord. “All humanity will come to worship Me from week to week and from month to month. And as they go out,...
Are You Ready For The New Year?
At the beginning of a New Year, I ask you a plain question. Are you ready? It is a solemn thing to part company with the old year. It is a still more solemn thing to begin a new one. It is like entering a dark passage. We know not what we may meet before the end. All...
All Glory Be To Christ
Note: To be sung to the music of Auld Lang Syne Should nothing of our efforts stand, no legacy surviveUnless the Lord does raise the house in vain its builders striveTo you who boast tomorrow's gain tell me what is your lifeA mist that vanishes at dawn, all...
A Reflective
O Yahweh, love beyond compare, good when You give and when You take away. Whether peace is my lot or sea billows roil. When the sun shines upon me, or when the night gathers over me. You loved me before the foundation of the world. In spite of my hard heart,...
In Times Of Trouble
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in times of trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling....
Peace: It Is Well With My Soul
And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 NASB 2020 There is the (subjective) peace of this world. And there is the (objective) peace of Yahweh Shalom (God is Peace, Judges 6:24). Want...
And His Name Shall Be The Hope Of All The World
He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. He will be Immanuel. And His name shall be the hope of all the world. Matthew 12, Isaiah 7, 9, 42
The Greatest Gift
After hearing the King, the Magi went on their way; and behold, the star, which they had seen in the east, went on ahead of them until it came to a stop over the place where the Child was to be found. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy....
The Gift Of Gifts
O Source of all good, what shall I render to Thee for the Gift of gifts? Thine own dearly begotten Son as my Redeemer, proxy, surety, and substitute. His self-emptying incomprehensible love. His hesed beyond the heart’s grasp (Note). Herein is wonder of wonders: He...
Advent: Christmas Eve | Simeon And Anna
At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him and had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. That...
Behold
Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her,...
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