THE GIFT OF CONTENTMENT

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

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

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