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 […]
Redirecting Our Faith
The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:17-18 The Lord hears the prayers of the righteous, those who are in relationship with Jesus Christ and cry out for help. […]
The Dawning Light
The Lord is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1 The people of Isaiah’s time walked in darkness, just as many people today walk in darkness. Jesus Christ, the Messiah, came as prophesied in […]
Unbelief
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that some of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till […]
Our Inheritance
LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup, you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. Psalm 16:5-6 In Scripture, we often see actual events, both natural and historical, that point to spiritual truths. In the Old Testament, […]
Truth Is
How many times have you heard someone say, “ The truth is….” It’s just something we say when we want to emphasize that what we are getting ready to say is the honest truth. The problem is that there are so many ideas, philosophies and religions that purport to be telling the truth. As Christians, […]
Looking Back – Copy
Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced. I Chronicles 16:11-12 In this passage in I Chronicles, we are admonished to look to the Lord and His strength and to remember all that He has done. As we […]
Driving Out the Nations
When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations – the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hiites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you – and when the Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have […]
Our Burning Bush
Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though […]
Temporary, False Peace
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3 Any peace that we have apart from God’s peace is temporary and fleeting. God’s peace is dependent on our trusting in Him alone: You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he […]