Redirecting Our Faith
Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18 The Lord longs to be gracious and is full of compassion when He hears our cry for help. (Isaiah 30:18) I often […]
Restoration of Israel
This is what the LORD says “In the time of my favor I will answer you, and on the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances.” Isaiah 49:8 The […]
Understanding the Times
The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them sign from heaven. He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, or the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how […]
Trials and Temptations
Consider it pure joy my brothers whenever you face trials of many kinds, because the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4 James wrote to the early church which had been dispersed and was facing difficulties. He […]
Aligning with God
. . .he restores my soul; He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Psalm 23:3 After the Lord shows us that we are on the wrong path, it is our responsibility to accept His plan and follow His way. If we are obstinate and follow our own way, we will […]
Ready… Set… School!
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105 As summer draws to a close, school is starting up. Eagerly returning college students make plans to see their friends and prepare for a new semester. Purchases are made for living and learning away from home. The school-aged children […]
Committed to His Friend
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 Jesus took his disciples to a vineyard to teach them a spiritual truth. He often used things in the natural to convey a spiritual truth. He looked at the vines and branches in the vineyard and […]
The Benefits of Sonship
Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. Romans 8:17 As children of God, we are co-heirs with Christ. We have received His Holy Spirit and we must […]
Defeat Turned Into Victory
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Romans 3:23-24 We have all sinned. Our fallen nature causes us to continue to sin, and, like Paul, we are frustrated by doing what we don’t want […]
Compelled by the Spirit
And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and […]