Proverbial satisfaction
When you live a life of abandoned love, surrendered before the awe of God, here’s what you’ll experience: Abundant life. Continual protection. And complete satisfaction! (Proverbs 19:23 TPT) Lovers of God have been given eyes to see and ears to hear from God. (Proverbs 20:12 TPT) The lovers of GodContinue Reading
Leaves, trees, and forests
As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is refined; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. (Psalm 18:30 NASB) Your word is a lamp to my feetAnd a light to my path. (Psalm 119:105 NASB) Imagine taking a tree leaf and examining it with a magnifying glass –Continue Reading
Speaking with boldness
“Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not disregard it.Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord. (Proverbs 8:33-35 NIV) LastContinue Reading
Patience for Justice
The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. (Psalm 33:10-12 NIV) God, I feel like I have been praying for this nation for years. I’veContinue Reading
Devolving into hope
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:5 NIV) God, our nation is a mess right now. So much disorder and chaos; so much unrighteousness. And so many good and godly people, my Child. Remember that when the darkness seems most prevalent, your LightContinue Reading
July 4
“Righteousness [moral and spiritual integrity and virtuous character] exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.” (Proverbs 14:34 AMP) (a part of the preface to a book I am writing:) I’ve never considered myself an exceptionally patriotic person. I was glad to be born in the United StatesContinue Reading
Measuring God
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. (Acts 13:52 NIV) One Wednesday last month our missions team reported on the people they had encountered when on a missions trip to Brazil. They had participated in large rallies and prayed for many, many people. The reports theyContinue Reading
Train the Habit of Faith
Now faith is the certainty of things hoped for, a proof of things not seen. For by it the people of old gained approval. By faith we understand that the world has been created by the word of God so that what is seen has not been made out of things that are visible. (Hebrews 11:1-3 NASB) And without faith it isContinue Reading
Rest to refresh
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. (Psalm 23:2-3 NIV) As I write this I am sitting on my deck enjoying a perfect June evening. The sun is shining, theContinue Reading
Run with integrity
And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, soContinue Reading