…”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. […]
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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 […]
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Humble yourself in the presence of the Lord and he will exalt you. (James 4:6 NASB). Humility may be one of the most sought-after virtues in the Bible, but possibly the least achieved. We know it when we see it, but it is difficult to define. It is one of the Christian graces that if […]
But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin (I John 1:7 NLT). There is no darkness in God (v.5). We are lying if we say we know God but […]
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Politicians have always sparred with their opponents, yet in the Trump era, have we reached a tipping point? Due to the politics of character assassination, we are losing the ability to discuss issues and policies. Should we not be Americans first, then Republicans or Democrats, liberals or conservatives? President Ronald Reagan and Speaker of the […]
If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; (I Peter 4:14-15 NASB) Suffering in the Bible is described from two different perspectives. There is good and […]