You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. (Isaiah 26:3 NIV) “It Isn’t Me” Wow… you have so far to go. You’ve missed everything I’ve called you to do. Day after day, you choose the world instead of Me. I’ve shown you my wonders. I’veContinue Reading
Isaiah 55 is one of my favorite Bible chapters. I invite you to hear God’s sweet voice and invitation as you continue reading. “Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money come, buy grain and eat. Come, buy wine and milk without money and withoutContinue Reading
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man [or woman] who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience], who delights greatly in His commandments. His descendants will be mighty on earth; the generation of the upright will be blessed. WealthContinue Reading
You will hear of wars, and you will hear rumors of wars, but you should not panic. It is inevitable, this violent breaking apart of the sinful world, but remember, the wars are not the end. The end is still unfolding. (Matthew 24:6 VOICE) ______ God, I feel like we’re supposed toContinue Reading
I leave the gift of peace with you—my peace. Not the kind of fragile peace given by the world, but my perfect peace. Don’t yield to fear or be troubled in your hearts—instead, be courageous! (John 14:27 TPT) Last week was an unusual Holy Week for me. On Palm Sunday,Continue Reading
I will lift up my eyes to the hills—From whence comes my help?My help comes from the Lord,Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved;He who keeps you will not slumber.Behold, He who keeps IsraelShall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper;The Lord is your shade at your right hand.The sun shall not strike youContinue Reading
We saw him with our very own eyes. We gazed upon him and heard him speak. Our hands actually touched him, the one who was from the beginning,the Living Expression of God. This Life-Giver was made visibleand we have seen him.We testify to this truth:the eternal Life-Giverlived face-to-face with the Fatherand has now dawned uponContinue Reading
“But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption… (Galatians 4:4-5 NKJV) The had world waited for its Messiah. Suddenly, in the fullness of time, he came. ItContinue Reading
God is our refuge and strength,A very present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1 NKJV) This has been a heavy week. News reports of violence have added up. In Baltimore last month a Ukrainian refugee woman was murdered in cold blood by a man with a long rap sheet but no reason to commitContinue Reading
Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God. (Psalm 146:3-5 NLT) [I had plannedContinue Reading