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Uncircle the Wagons
“Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn back their taunt on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.” Nehemiah 4:4 June 17, 2024 Like the early settlers in wagon trains headed west, Christians find themselves in a comparable situation. When under attack, circle…
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Ordered Feelings
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.” Philippians 4:4 June 14, 2024 “I just don’t feel like reading my Bible…so I don’t do it.” “Follow your feelings for feelings are the authoritative guide to personal fulfillment.” If you want to live counter-culturally, then resolve not to be ruled by your feelings. Emotions…
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R.S.V.P.
“The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.” Revelation 22:17 June 12, 2024 After all the smoke, judgments, promises and prophecies, the Book of Revelation ends with an…
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Thought Control
“We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:5 June 10, 2024 Too often we let the tides of whatever comes to our minds take over our thought life. The following thoughts about thinking caught my attention. “Repetitive dysfunctional thinking…
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Beyond the Grave
“And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.” Romans 8:30 June 7, 2024 The remembrances have been overwhelming as the thousands of crosses tell so many stories of lives given for the freedolm of others. The 80th Anniversary of…
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Acquitted
“And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.” Romans 8:30 June 5, 2024 To be acquitted is to declare a person not guilty. It is a sweet word, especially for someone who is being tried in a court of…
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The Call
“And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.” Romans 8:30 June 3, 2024 When was your last call? There was a time when calls were either station to station or person to person. The latter were more expensive. We’ve…
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Taken to Eternity Future
“For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.” Romans 8:29 May 31, 2024 It is sad that some believers push back against the truth of predestination, considering it a form of fatalism. This second pearl…
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Five Pearls of Promise
“For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.” Romans 8:29 May 29, 2024 Have you or are you going through the valley of suffering? God gives needed encouragement. The great expanse of God’s purpose is…