Author Archives: kenbarnes

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 […]

…”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.  […]

Here am I, send me! ‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance,And the very ends of the earth as Your possession. (Psalms 2:8 NASB). God the Father asked His only son to petition Him for the nations of the world.  After the resurrection of Christ, He goes to the […]

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.” (Psalm 122:6 NASB) God’s Holy City 2018 could be a pivotal year in the State of Israel and Jerusalem, it’s capital.  President Trump has defied the nations of the world by announcing that the US Embassy will move to Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.  Due to […]

You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. (Revelation 3:17 NLT). Christ, through the Apostle John, was speaking to the Church in Laodicea.  It was a message to believers, not unbelievers.  He […]