Yesterday, our dog Jake went to the back door and then craned his neck around to look back at me. He wanted to go outside. He had seemed anxious and seemed to think that he now knew what he wanted. He had been like a fussy child who could not figure out what would settle…
Continue ReadingRomans 15:27 – 27 They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings. Recently a man reminded me of the resentment that many have toward Jews, men…
Continue ReadingMore sure than the rising of the sun Or the setting of it Is the surety of God’s love For those who are called by His name Should the earth fiercely shake And split at its seams Though the mountains crumble At the fierceness and force of the quake Though fear of men rise up…
Continue ReadingI write of faith in God and of His greatness not because I’m a good or righteous man. It is exactly the opposite. It is because I know myself, how awful I have been, and how awful I remain. It is not that I have ascended a mountain and found God. It is quite the…
Continue ReadingLife is simple at 5 years old. Actually it’s also pretty simple now: Micah 6:8 – He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Jesus said in Mark 12:29-31 – 29 “The…
Continue ReadingAre we listening, even expecting, the Lord to speak to us. When He does, and when we hear and pay attention, consider what He said to Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:17-19 – 17 “Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify…
Continue ReadingTHANK YOU ALMIGHTY GOD FOR YOUR ETERNAL WORD! Your eternal Word that stands true for eternity, that does not change according to the times or the minds of men. Praise God in the morning, noon and night! Lift our hands and glorify the Eternal King! Join the heavenly choir and release praises to God who…
Continue ReadingFor I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when…
Continue ReadingGoing back to Adam and Eve, God had always spoken to mankind. How wonderful it must have been as He walked in Garden of Eden with them. Can you hear Him laughing with them as they walked and talked? Throughout the Old Testament times He communicated through the Jews. He loved them and often let…
Continue ReadingPsalm 126:5-6 – 5 Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. 6 Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them. In times of sorrow and grief, when our hearts overflow with deep hurt, we must keep striving to draw near…
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