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1 THESSALONIANS 5:24 “THE ONE WHO CALLS YOU IS FAITHFUL AND WILL DO IT.” Two ideas I hope to stress with this short text. Talking of Christ Jesus, the verse notes that he continually calls us. Not just when we first heard the message, but often the Spirit Jesus sends is reaching out and wanting Read More

ROMANS 8:15 “BUT YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SPIRIT OF SONSHIP. AND BY HIM WE CRY, ‘ABBA,FATHER.’ THE SPIRIT HIMSELF TESTIFIES WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN.’ Have you ever felt so exhilarated that you’re happy to be alive? If you have, you have gotten a glimpse, an indication, there is a God and Read More

PROVERBS 16:20 “WHOEVER GIVES HEED TO INSTRUCTION PROSPERS AND BLESSED IS HE WHO TRUSTS THE LORD.” The term “BLESSED” is used indiscriminately in our world. But from a spiritual sense feeling blessed is quite specific. Someone who is BLESSED is “FAVORED” and more clearly FAVORED BY GOD. The result is he or she feels “FULLY Read More

EPHESIANS 2:4-5 “BUT BECAUSE OF HIS GREAT LOVE FOR US, GOD WHO IS RICH IN MERCY, MADE US ALIVE WITH CHRIST.” There is one source, one idea that is the energizing force of the universe. That is LOVE! God’s love is the central theme of all creation. It’s the reason everything exists; all because God Read More

PSALM 6:4 “O LORD DELIVER MY LIFE, SAVE ME FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR STEADFAST LOVE.” The Psalmist rightly realized every-ones’ life is in peril, never guaranteed. Mere existence (one definition of life) can be snuffed out by sickness or accident. But I think the writer is thinking more than about mere breathing. Any life Read More

POST FOR THE WEEK I know you’re busy but here’s your SPIRIT inspired POWER POST guaranteed to help you through the week: JEREMIAH 1:8 “DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM, FOR I AM WITH YOU AND WILL RESCUE YOU,” SAYS THE LORD. What is the “THEM” for you that you’re afraid of? What is it Read More

PROVERBS 29:18 “MY PEOPLE WILL PERISH WITHOUT A VISION.” This is a basic principle of living. Without a picture of what you’d like your life to look like in the future you’ll never reach what God intended for you. What do you picture for your family and children as they grow? Do you have a Read More

LAMENTATIONS 3:22-3 “BECAUSE OF THE LORD’S GREAT LOVE WE ARE NOT CONSUMED, FOR HIS COMPASSION NEVER FAILS. THEY ARE NEW EVERY MORNING, GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS. Here is a secret of life known mainly by Christians. Wile we all go through suffering, this writer, Jeremiah observed something astounding. Those who hope in the Lord are Read More

1 SAMUEL 2:4 “THE BOWS OF THE WARRIORS ARE BROKEN, BUT THOSE WHO STUMBLE ARE ARMED WITH STRENGTH.” This is a poetic way of saying there will come a time when those thinking they are invincible will find themselves powerless; while those who STUMBLE and experience adversity now, but ASK for the Lord’s protection, will Read More

REVELATION 21:1,3 “THEN I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH….AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM THE THRONE SAYING, ‘NOW THE DWELLING OF GOD IS WITH MEN AND HE WILL LIVE WITH THEM…HE WILL WIPE OUT EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES, THERE WILL BE NO MORE DEATH OR CRYING OR PAIN.” I quote Read More