1 Samuel 26:10 “As surely as the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him, or his time will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.” Don’t we all at times have trouble holding situations in life loosely? Speaking as someone who has a Continue Reading…
Joshua 11:15 “As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.” I love those days when everything falls into place. Items on my list checked-off, all tasks completed. To the best of my awareness I’ve finished whatever Continue Reading…
Deuteronomy 7:22 “And the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you little by little….” We want change and we want it now! It’s a sentiment we’ve all experienced at one time or another. Whether in recovering from an illness, struggling in a relationship, or in how we Continue Reading…
Psalm 73:25 “Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.” Have you ever felt like the Psalmist? He looks at the state of the world around him and sees those far less upright than him prospering. The rich and ruthless seem to be Continue Reading…
Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” “John showed me the right way to die.” That was the sentiment one of my friends expressed upon the death of a dear brother in our church…. John’s battle with cancer lasted only a few months, Continue Reading…
Psalm 82:6-7 “I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, like men you shall die….” If I were to ask if you believed in God with a capital “G” or god with a small “g” you would no doubt say God with a big “G.” I Continue Reading…
Hebrews 12:27 “This expression, ‘Yet once more,’ denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.” The thought of a frog invasion makes my skin crawl. Can you imagine? You turn on the sink, out Continue Reading…
Isaiah 55:9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Enjoying my morning walk by the lake, I basked in the sun shining on the water (Even belted out a little John Denver…Sunshine on my shoulders makes me Continue Reading…
Genesis 20:26 “He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth, saying, “Now the Lord has given us room and we will flourish in the land.” Rehoboth Mission. That’s the name of my childhood church in Southern Ohio. Grandpa always Continue Reading…
Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Decades of faithfulness and constancy have a way of building trust….at least in my life. In those teenage years when my half-hearted devotion to Him should have disqualified me from any hope of a deeper life…God remained fully Continue Reading…