“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy … Continue reading Run With Endurance
Year: 2025
Dear Family, Friends, and Neighbors (Everyone else)
Dear Family, Friends, and Neighbors (Everyone else), There is something that is heavy on my heart which I need to share with all of you, which you are also free to share with anyone else. There are a lot of conversations on the internet, on various sites, which talk about the gospel of our salvation. … Continue reading Dear Family, Friends, and Neighbors (Everyone else)
The Good Shepherd vs The Hired Hands
“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he … Continue reading The Good Shepherd vs The Hired Hands
By Some Other Way
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear … Continue reading By Some Other Way
From My Distress I Called
5 From my distress I called upon the Lord;The Lord answered me and set me in a large place.6 The Lord is for me; I will not fear;What can man do to me?15 The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous;The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.19 Open … Continue reading From My Distress I Called
The Lord, My Salvation
8 It is better to take refuge in the LordThan to trust in man.9 It is better to take refuge in the LordThan to trust in princes.14 The Lord is my strength and song,And He has become my salvation.28 You are my God, and I give thanks to You;You are my God, I extol You.29 … Continue reading The Lord, My Salvation
God’s Righteous Ordinances
“Salvation is far from the wicked,For they do not seek Your statutes.”“The sum of Your word is truth,And every one of Your righteous ordinances is everlasting.” (Psalm 119:155,160 NASB1995) Who are the wicked in the eyes of God? They are all who live wickedly, in practice. They are liars, deceivers, adulterers, murderers, and all who … Continue reading God’s Righteous Ordinances
I Cried with All My Heart
“I cried with all my heart; answer me, O Lord!I will observe Your statutes.I cried to You; save meAnd I shall keep Your testimonies.I rise before dawn and cry for help;I wait for Your words.My eyes anticipate the night watches,That I may meditate on Your word.Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness;Revive me, O Lord, … Continue reading I Cried with All My Heart
My Walk of Faith
“Righteous are You, O Lord,And upright are Your judgments.You have commanded Your testimonies in righteousnessAnd exceeding faithfulness.My zeal has consumed me,Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.Your word is very pure,Therefore Your servant loves it.I am small and despised,Yet I do not forget Your precepts.Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,And Your law is truth.Trouble and … Continue reading My Walk of Faith