Are you weary? Are you troubled over any circumstances in your life? Is your heart heavy over any of life’s situations? Are you being ill-treated? Abused? Rejected? Hated? Persecuted for righteousness’ sake? Do the troubles in your life seem to outnumber the hairs on your head? If so, there is hope! Rest in God Psalm … Continue reading Dependence on God
Year: 2018
Praise the “I Am”
On February 24, 2012, I was reading in Revelation about the power and majesty of God, and of Jesus Christ, God the Son. Jesus, the Lamb of God, was the only one worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because he was slain, and with his blood he purchased men for God. … Continue reading Praise the “I Am”
Our Manner of Life
Partnership in the Gospel Philippians 1:3-6 ESV I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a … Continue reading Our Manner of Life
Praise Be Told
Jesus Christ, God the Son, came to earth, took on human flesh, suffered as we suffer, and was tempted as we are tempted, yet without sin. He was despised, rejected, persecuted, abandoned, denied, betrayed, beaten, mocked and killed, although he had done no wrong. God made him who knew no sin to be sin for … Continue reading Praise Be Told
He Took Our Pain
An Original Work / March 25, 2018 Based off Isaiah 53 Who has believed our message? To whom has our Lord been revealed? He had no beauty or majesty; His looks, to none did appeal. He was despised, rejected. A man of much suff’ring and pain, From whom people have hid their faces, then looked … Continue reading He Took Our Pain
Not Ever Forsaken
Love One Another Hebrews 13:1-3 NIV Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who … Continue reading Not Ever Forsaken
Open Your Hearts
In this song, Jesus is speaking, and he is asking us to open our hearts to him, and to accept him into our hearts. He is not only saying this to those who don’t know him, but he is saying this to those who think they know him or to those who do know him … Continue reading Open Your Hearts
Transformed
Dead to Sin Romans 6:1-4 NIV What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were … Continue reading Transformed
Trials Have a Purpose
Trials of Many Kinds James 1:2-4 NIV Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. Trials are not easy. They are … Continue reading Trials Have a Purpose
Our Awesome God
On May 25, 2011, I was sitting on the sofa in the evening, spending some quiet time alone with God before I went to bed, and I was asking him to speak to my heart whatever he might want to say to me. The words to one of the Psalms began going through my mind … Continue reading Our Awesome God