“Be still, and know that I am God!…”— Psalms 46:10 NLT Why does it sometimes feel like a lot of things conspire against our peace and wellbeing? Just as you overcome one challenge, another seems to be around the corner waiting to introduce itself! At some point in our lives, we will experience some formContinue reading “Help Is On The Way!”
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Who Do You Consult With?
And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God… And David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I pursue after this band? Shall I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue,Continue reading “Who Do You Consult With?”
You Are Also Responsible (Part 2)
“Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord and have not kept the command that the Lord your God commanded you, but have come back and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, “Eat no bread and drink no water,” your body shall not come to the tombContinue reading “You Are Also Responsible (Part 2)”
You Are Also Responsible (Part 1)
And as they sat at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back. And he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord and have not kept the command that the Lord your God commanded you, but have comeContinue reading “You Are Also Responsible (Part 1)”
Fallow Ground
Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.—Hosea 10:12 NKJV I’ve been studying the book of Hosea and God’s message to the nation of Israel symbolically and dramatically demonstrated by the prophet. Although today’s scripture is an agriculturalContinue reading “Fallow Ground”
Alert and Willing
At that time there was a man named Simeon living in Jerusalem. He was a good, God-fearing man and was waiting for Israel to be saved. The Holy Spirit was with him… Led by the Spirit, Simeon went into the Temple. When the parents brought the child Jesus into the Temple to do for himContinue reading “Alert and Willing”
Why?
Why do you make me see such trouble? How can you stand to look on such wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are all around me, and there is fighting and quarreling everywhere—Habakkuk 1: 3 GNT Why?… It’s a question we love to ask but sometimes loath to hear, especially when the why comes as a challengeContinue reading “Why?”
Judge and Jury!
“Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive? But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you.”— Psalms 130:3-4 NLT I remember during the height of the Members of Parliament (MPs) expenses claims scandal of 2009 in the United Kingdom where quite a few high-profile MPsContinue reading “Judge and Jury!”
Still Pulling Crowds
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics;Continue reading “Still Pulling Crowds”
Be Specific
“When you pray, do not use a lot of meaningless words, as the pagans do, who think that their gods will hear them because their prayers are long. Do not be like them. Your Father already knows what you need before you ask him.”—Matthew 6:7–8 GNT At the beginning of the year, I was inContinue reading “Be Specific”
Hills and Valleys 