Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Ears To Hear
An ideal reader of The Word: Keeps context in mind. Has a relationship with Jesus Christ and thus the Holy Spirit is present. Is ecclesiastically situated. If these attributes are not present you won't have ears to hear.
Despair Not
“Get up, let us be going.” Jesus, The Garden of Gethsemane, Matthew 26:46 Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step. Imagine the sense of despair that the disciples must have felt at falling asleep while with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. The...
One Word. Things Change On Your Authority.
I believe this promise. Wholeheartedly. One word from God can change anything. I also believe in the power of prayer. And in His Providential will. Recently, I prayed for a friend suffering from cancer “Father please change my friend's circumstance.” The instantaneous...
Demystifying Mental Illness
Scientists have determined that you may be at a high risk for depression if your life sucks.
Chivalry
What chivalry is not: some guy holding a door open for a woman. What chivalry is: a man of prowess and faith performing noble deeds and habitual acts of generosity and kindness, which might include holding a door open for a woman.
On Joy and Peace /2
"For the Believer, peace is joy resting, and joy is peace dancing. Not only does our hope become faith, but our faith buds and blossoms and brings forth the almonds of joy and peace. Our hope, faith, joy and peace are all of Divine workmanship." (Note 1) The imagery...
On Joy and Peace /1
God extends an amazing invitation and promise to us through His prophet Isaiah. Be encouraged by these words today: "Come to me with your ears wide open.Listen, and you will find life.I will make an everlasting covenant with you.I will give you all the unfailing love...
What Joy There Is In The Word Of The Lord
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. Psalm 143:8 NIV
A Sabbath Song
It is fitting and proper to give thanks to the Lord and to sing praises to His name. Nothing is quite like praying God’s Word back to Him. Unless it is singing it to Him on His Sabbath day. A Psalm. A Song To Be Sung On The Sabbath Day. It is good to give thanks to...
Impossible?
It always seems impossible until it’s done. Various Attributions.
There Are No Coincidences
Coincidences are simply God providentially hooking things up.
Try It
There is no joy to compare with the joy that comes from being obedient.
Truth
Jesus doesn't condemn us. He doesn’t use our situations against us. He simply brings truth to life and asks us to align with it. @lysaterkerust
Traditions
Traditions are answers that have been discovered to enduring questions. Sir Roger Scruton (1944 - 2020)
Quit Not
Overture: “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been!'" John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 - 1892) Quit Not When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,And the road you're trudging seems all uphill,When the funds are low and the...
Pentecost: From Fearful To Fearless
One encounter with with the resurrected Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever. Adapted, Luis Palau Remember the Disciple's fear at the crucifixion? They ran. Scared as cats in a dog pound. Peter cursed Christ at the fire. Emmaus-bound Disciples bemoaned...
Fellowship /3
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? Psalm 42:2 NIV Listen to me. Have you ever considered that you have a divine appointment? That when you get up early for your quiet time of prayer and meditation in God’s Word, Jesus is...
Fellowship /2
The Christian Mission Statement: To know God and to make him known. To know Him is not simply to gain more and more knowledge about Him, but to share an intimate communion with Him. To have fellowship with Him in the manner of Abraham and Moses. Genesis 18 brings out...
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