Overcoming Discouragement
“So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.” Hebrews 12:12-13 Wow. Today this verse is in my devotion, and it really speaks...
I Love, Love, Love the Book of Jeremiah!
"If racing against mere men makes you tired, how will you race against horses? If you stumble and fall on open ground, what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?” Jeremiah 12:5 To bring gloomy messages to people is a hard task. For forty years Jeremiah...
To Abide or Not to Abide
There’s no victory without abiding in Jesus! Yea, the world might throw you a few wins here and there but sooner or later, it’s inevitable - you crash and burn! Guaranteed. So what I’m saying is that there is no lasting victory without abiding in Jesus. Nothing...
He Will Not Fail To Rescue
“ God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! A river brings joy to the city of...
Here’s What the Word Says about Counterfeit Spirituality…
Are you a pretender? That’s right, are you the genuine bride? Do you just give God lip-service? Today I want to address false security in salvation. But first let me say that I write this out of the love I have for my sisters and brothers in Christ. ”All...
Do Not Fear the Wilderness
“For the LORD disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child." Hebrews 12:6 Afflictions are the proof of God’s paternal love for us. We all need chastisement. All of us have our own faults and foolishness. Friends, think about...
Those Who Fear the Lord Will Have All They Need. Oh, Really?
“Fear the LORD, you his godly people, for those who fear him will have all they need. Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the LORD will lack no good thing.” Psalm 34: 9-10 When I feel discouraged and overwhelmed by...
He Purgeth It!
“Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.” John 15: 2 He purges it! Think about this verse of Scripture... “In His atonement Christ purged our sins by His own...
Seeing the Way God Wants Me to See
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.” John 14: 26 “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you...
A Cheerful Heart is Good Medicine!
“A cheerful heart is good medicine.” Prov. 17:22 a
The Holy Spirit and You
"the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.” John 14: 17 Do we really know Him? He’s the most ignored member of the Godhead. We need to know what...
How Can We Say We Know Him?
Jesus is the Man of Sorrows. He swallowed pain, and swallowed it whole. Should we never taste a morsel of that pain? How can we say we know Him, if we refuse to live through some of that sorrow? A few posts back, I ended with this... “In the New Testament,...
Can I Trust the Bible?
Some super intelligent people tell me that the Bible contradicts itself. They say that it’s just a book, that it's nothing but a collection of fairy tales. But they’re wrong. I used to feel the way they do. I didn’t give much credence to the Bible. I used to...
Short but so Sweet!
Hi everyone! I posted this on Facebook today and felt led to post it here too... You will never fully realize the level of strength of your grasp on Christ, or His grasp on you, until the Devil uses all his force to attract you to himself. It is then you will feel...
He is Master over ALL…
“From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is...
I’ll Never Know How Much It Cost…
"Here I Am To Worship" Light of the world, You step down into darkness. Opened my eyes let me see. Beauty that made this heart adore you hope of a life spent with you. [Chorus] And here I am to worship, Here I am to bow down, Here I am to say that you're my God,...
So Don’t be Surprised, Dear Brothers and Sisters, If the World Hates You – 1 John 3: 13
“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be...
Jesus and Religion are on Two Different Planes!
Check this out... Here is the direct link... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6QB963LHyg
“Who is this one? Look at her now. She arises from her Desert of Difficulty Clinging to her Beloved.” Songs 8:5