We are glory seekers by nature. We delight in our favorite team’s glory. We delight in our children and grandchildren’s glory. We even delight in our city, state, or nation’s glory. Like the sweetness of honey on our tongue, is the experience of sharing in glory like this. The wisdom of the proverb is not […]
Read More“As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not offer a cry or a prayer on their behalf, and do not beg me, for I will not listen to you.” – Jeremiah 7:16 Three times. Three times God tells Jeremiah not to pray for his nation because their rebellion and rejection of God’s rightful rule and their wickedness and […]
Read More“He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and they will trust in the Lord.” – Psalms 40:3 It wasn’t my mouth that led me to this truth. It was my ears. “My chains are gone. I’ve been set free…” I had just given […]
Read More“My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not be based on human wisdom but on God’s power.” – 1 Corinthians 2:4-5 There is a reason superhero stories continue to be popular. There is a longing in us to be […]
Read More“…But Hezekiah had interceded for them, saying, “May the good Lord provide atonement on behalf of whoever sets his whole heart on seeking God, the Lord, the God of his ancestors, even though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.” So the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.” 2 Chronicles 30:18-20 […]
Read MoreIf you haven’t read this story lately, it will be well worth five minutes to read 2 Kings 6:8-23. Did you see the difference between Elisha and his servant? One looked at the size of the enemy and gave up hope. The other looked at his Lord and rested secure. When the enemy seems to overwhelm […]
Read More“When the earth and all its inhabitants shake, I am the one who steadies its pillars.” – Psalm 75:3 Rarely in the course of human history has the earth and all its inhabitants been shaken at the same time, but looking around the world today we see much shaking. Even the pillars we have come to […]
Read MoreYour faith has saved you. Go in peace.” – Luke 7:50 No greater words could be spoken to us by Jesus. “Your faith…” Not your works or your worth. Not your parents or your peers. Only humble, submissive faith in the work and worth of Jesus is what matters. “…has saved you…” Neither my emotions nor my circumstances can change it. […]
Read More“As He laid His hands on each one of them, He healed them.” – Luke 4:40 With a touch, Jacob blessed his grandson (Genesis 48:14). With a touch, Cain murdered his brother (Genesis 4:8). With a touch, the psalmist knew the Lord’s presence and protection (Psalm 139:5). With a touch, the psalmist’s enemy was swept […]
Read More“Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, ‘Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?’” – Genesis 17:17 Abraham believed what God said…but laughed at how God said He would keep His promise…through his aging wife. Laughing at God reveals not that we don’t believe […]
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