While [Peter] was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “ This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased and delighted! Listen to Him!” (Matthew 17:5 AMP) “Listen. “Lean in and incline your ear to your Father’s voice. God fashioned you with theContinue Reading
The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. And He will be the security and stability of your times,A treasure of salvation, wisdom and knowledge;The fear of the Lord is your treasure. (Psalm 33:5-6 AMP) “Once upon a time” there was a very rich and powerful ancient kingContinue Reading
The Lord also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble;And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You. (Psalm 9:9-10Continue Reading
“The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.” (Proverbs 4:18-19 NIV) Recently I attended the funeral service for a man I’d never met. His sonContinue Reading
After taking about 5 weeks off, last week I began another year of reading through the Bible using “The Bible Recap” plan. This year, instead of reading in the New International Version (NIV), which has a very handy audio version, I decided to read in the Amplified Bible (AMP). TheContinue Reading
I was reading an article entitled “A 2024 Wish List: Sanity at Home and Stability Abroad.”* In this article the author enumerated his list of what needs to happen in the next year, and he closed this list of mostly geo-political items with the following sentence: “May this be aContinue Reading
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths. Who may climb the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? Only those whoseContinue Reading
[Happy New Year!] Change. Transition. “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” “God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.” “It’s all the same, only the names are changed.” “When you go through the storms I am with you…you are mine.” “Not everyone likes the new things.”Continue Reading
God speaks in various ways to different people at different times. When we entered the Advent season, it was as if we are going back to the time between the Old and New Testaments of our Bible. For those 400 years God seemed silent to his chosen people. They had hadContinue Reading
“Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.” (Isaiah 42:9 AMPC) Several years ago I was introduced to the idea of a “Word of the Year.” In practice, this means to pray and ask GodContinue Reading