He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday (Psalms 37:6 NASB). The great commentator Matthew Henry once wrote, “If we are careful to keep a good conscience, we may leave it to God to take care of our reputation.” We get it wrong. We have a tendency to […]
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The Critical Eighteen Inches Part 5The Journey from Head Knowledge to Heart Revelation Pilgrims Progress, considered one of the masterpieces of English literature, has a great deal to say about the head and heart in relation to the Christian experience. The author, John Bunyan, was once quoted as saying; “In prayer it is better […]
My name is Zach Malott and I’m the Senior Pastor at Mescalero Baptist Mission on the Mescalero Apache reservation in Southeast New Mexico. I am on staff at First Baptist Church of Ruidoso, New Mexico and pastor our Native American mission on the reservation. I currently hold a BS in Religion, working on the last few classes […]
This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him (I John 5:14). Who does not want […]
To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJV). New Wine In Old Wineskins Old Beau was a good old dog. In his day he and his master Jake would never come back from hunting without game. But things had changed, all old Beau wants to do […]
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal (II Corinthians 4:18 NASB). Two times in this chapter the Apostle Paul tells us, “do not lose heart.” All […]
I’m the Senior Pastor at Mescalero Baptist Mission on the Mescalero Apache reservation in Southeast New Mexico. I am on staff at First Baptist Church of Ruidoso, New Mexico and pastor our Native American mission on the reservation. I’m excited today! I want to share that excitement with YOU! Share what, you ask? I was […]
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you (Matthew 6:33 NKJV). If I am really honest I have to admit that sometimes I want what I don’t really need, and what I need I do not want. Such is the state of human […]
God said further to Abraham, “Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. 10 This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised (Genesis 17:9-10 NASB). Suffering, God’s Megaphone One […]
And Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear! (Genesis 4:13 NKJV) Most of us have heard that Cain slew Abel, but what were the events in the life of this son of Adam that brought him to these unbearable circumstances? Cain’s Folly Cain was a tiller of […]