HEBREWS 13:5 “KEEP YOUR LIVES FREE FROM THE LOVE OF MONEY AND BE CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE GOD HAS SAID, ‘NEVER WILL I LEAVE YOU;NEVER WILL I FORSAKE YOU.’” One of the most marvelous gifts God’s Spirit will give to all believers is the gift of CONTENTMENT. We do our part as best Read More
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WHAT IS THE GLORY OF GOD?
EXODUS 33;18-9 “THEN MOSES SAID ‘SHOW ME YOUR GLORY.”‘THEN THE LORD SAID, ‘I WILL CAUSE MY GOODNESS TO PASS IN FRONT OF YOU, AND I WILL PROCLAIM MY NAME, THE LORD, IN YOUR PRESENCE. I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I WILL HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I WILL HAVE COMPASSION. Read More
STAND BACK AND PAUSE
NEHEMIAH 9:6 “YOU ALONE ARE THE LORD. YOU MADE THE HEAVENS, EVEN THE HIGHEST HEAVENS, AND ALL THEIR STARY HOST, THE EARTH AND ALL THAT IS ON IT, THe SEAS AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM. YOU GAVE LIFE TO EVERYTHING AND THE MULTITUDE OF HEAVEN WORSHIP YOU.” Once Nehemiah was asked to complete a Read More
HOLDING OUR HEADS HIGH
PSALM 3:3-4 “YOU, LORD, ARE A SHIELD AROUND ME, MY GLORY, THE ONE WHO LIFTS MY HEAD HIGH. I CALL OUT TO THE LORD AND HE ANSWERS FROM HIS HIGH MOUNTAIN.” From ancient times, God’s servants intuitively knew how important a healthy SELF-ESTEEM is. The writer realizes how fulfilling it is to be associated with Read More
HOW DID WE MAKE IT THROUGH?
2 CORINTHIANS 4:7-9 “THIS ALL SURPASSING POWER IS FROM GOD AND NOT FROM US. WE ARE HARD PRESSED ON EVERY SIDE, BUT NOT CRUSHED; PERPLEXED, BUT NOT IN DESPAIR; PERSECUTED, BUT NOT ABANDONED; STRUCK DOWN BUT NOT DESTROYED.” At times we look back and wonder, “How did I ever get through that?! Our bodies, minds Read More
A SURE PLAN FOR FAILURE
ISAIAH 7:9 “IF YOU DO NOT STAND FIRM IN YOUR FAITH, THEN YOU WILL NOT STAND AT ALL.” This is a basic life principle for all Christians. Have you learned it yet? Isaiah admonished King Ahaz with these words above. The concept is this: If you don’t have FAITH that what you’re doing is right Read More
ARE YOU AFRAID TO BE CALLED “FOOLISH?”
1 CORINTHIANS 2:14 “THE MAN WITHOUT THE SPIRIT DOES NOT ACCEPT THE THINGS THAT COME FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD, FOR THEY ARE FOOLISHNESS TO HIM, HE CAN NOT UNDERSTAND THEM, BECAUSE THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED” SPIRITUALITY is the term which means one is reaching for God and for personal significance. A spiritual person thinks Read More
WHEN WAS IT THAT GOD APPEARED TO YOU?
JEREMIAH 35:3 “THE LORD APPEARED TO US IN THE PAST, SAYING: ‘I HAVE LOVED YOU WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE; I HAVE DRAWN YOU WITH UNFAILING KINDNESS.’ ” Everyone who becomes a person of faith can say these exact words about themselves, “The Lord has appeared to me; He touched me with His Love.” In some Read More
THE SIMPLEST PRAYER
PSALM 40:13 “O LORD, MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME.” The early monk, Casian, writing about 400 A.D., suggested his version of this verse as the SIMPLEST PRAYER to offer. By praying in earnest these words only, we are inviting Jesus to pray for us, since He knows best what we need. Who of us are Read More