For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy,“I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite. Samuel Brengle (Isaiah 57:15 NASB) Isaiah describes what has always been and always will be […]
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“And rend your heart and not your garments.” (Joel 2:13a NASB) Joel was grieved over the religious hypocrisy of his day. He saw the need for repentance that just did not tear their outer garments but broke their hearts over their sin. One of the greatest enemies of true faith has always been a false religion. False […]
So, when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; Acts 1:6-7 (NASB) Jesus’ disciples were looking for […]
But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Because it was [a]in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was [b]in your heart. Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who [c]will be born to you, he will build the house for My name.’ (I Kings 8: 18-19 NASB) Just like […]
He removed the high places and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan. (2 Kings 18:4 NASB) Hezekiah was a righteous King. He instituted many reforms, one […]
Hear a just cause, O Lord, give heed to my cry;Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. (Psalm 17:1 NASB). How do you know whether your prayers are from deceitful lips? Only through the testing of your heart will you know if your mouth is speaking deceit. Many believe that this prayer came at a […]
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There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven—A time to give birth and a time to die (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2a NASB). God in his infinite foreknowledge knows the time of our birth and death. God shares these dates with no living being. About our departure from this life, there is […]
…”The Israelites asked the Lord, “Should we fight against our relatives from Benjamin again, or should we stop?”… (Judges 20:28 NLT). God’s ways are sometimes mysterious. We should not think it too strange when a just cause initially encounters defeat. Nor should we assume that in the short-term that success is an endorsement of our pursuits. […]
And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come. (Psalms 71:18 NASB). Every believer in every generation has a story to tell. We owe a debt to all future disciples of Christ to tell them about the goodness of God. […]
“Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth” (Psalms 46:10 NASB). Are you abiding or striving? In seeking the Lord to meet our needs, it is not difficult to go from abiding to striving. Recently I had a serious medical event. […]