Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
On Obedience
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Romans 6:1-2 Grace is amazing, but it didn't replace obedience.
Influencer
With what shall I come before the Lord? The Lord has told us what is good; walk in humble fellowship with God and live in steadfast righteousness and love toward others. Adapted, Micah 6:8. Be a positive influence today for the advancement of God's Kingdom on earth.
Joy
Joy is when what you believe and what you say and what you do are all in alignment with the will of God. Adapted, Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
Get With The Program
We are responsible for the seeds we sow and we must live with the harvest that results. We cannot plant seeds of half-hearted, undisciplined, worldly lives, and then hope for crop failure in the next generation. Adapted from The Quiet Place, Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Bach On Music
The aim and final reason of all music should be none else but the glory of God and refreshing the soul. Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer and musician (1685 - 1750)
Know The Difference
Jesus: "It is written." Satan: "Is it written?"
Hardship And God’s Grace
And you shall remember all the ways in which the Lord your God led you in the wilderness these forty years, in order to humble you, putting you to the test, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. Deuteronomy 8:2 NASB The...
Defy Explanation
“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.” Luke 1:35 The late Dr. Adrian Rogers once challenged a large gathering with these words: “We have no right to be believed so long as we can be explained.” Most of our lives are...
Knock Knock
Why are there no "knock knock" jokes about America? Because freedom rings.
Compassion And Mercy
But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, graciousness and longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth. Adapted, Psalm 86:15 Compassion and mercy are at the core of God. They are not mood swings. They are attributes.
Exceedingly Abundantly More
Now all glory to God who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to do exceedingly abundantly more than we would ever dare to ask, hope or dream for. May He be given glory forever and ever through endless ages because of His master plan of salvation for...
Hesed and Holiness
Because of the Lord’s hesed we do not perish, for His mercies never end. Lamentations 3:22, Adapted Hesed (also chesed) is the Grand Canyon of love. Hesed is the Hebrew word describing God's unconditional extravagant love (Note 1). The compulsion to give and to love...
The Repentant Sinner
And the thief said unto Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your Kingdom.” And Jesus replied to him, “Truly I say unto you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” Luke 23:42-43 There was once a man who lived for seventy years in the world, and lived in sin...
A Sinner’s Morning Prayer
O my Savior, help me. For I am slow to learn, prone to forget, weak to climb. I am in the foothills when I should be on the heights. I am pained by my graceless heart, my prayerless days, my poverty of love, my sloth in the heavenly race, my unclean conscience, my...
The Center Of It All
God raised Christ from death and set Him on a throne in deep heaven, in charge of running the universe. Everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from His rule. And not just for the time being, but forever. He is in charge of it all, has the...
My Rock
The Lord is righteous. He is my Rock. There is no shadow of evil in Him. Psalm 92:15, Adapted Life does not always work the way we expect. Job, a godly man, endured an enormous amount of suffering while remaining faithful to God. God allows circumstances to enter our...
God’s Faithfulness
We may not always feel God's presence. But His promises do not depend upon our feelings. They rest upon His integrity. Adapted, R.C. Sproul (1939 - 2017)
The Question
Would I say or do this before God?
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