Psalms 18:25-27 ESV “With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.” This passage of Scripture is from the Old … Continue reading My God Equipped me with Strength
My Eyes Shed Streams of Tears
Psalms 119:129-131 ESV “Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them. The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commandments.” I do love the word of God! I think that when I really fell in love with the … Continue reading My Eyes Shed Streams of Tears
Closed Doors as God’s Answer
James 1:5-8 ESV “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. … Continue reading Closed Doors as God’s Answer
The Looking Glass
An Original Work / July 5, 2022 Looking through the looking glass, Everything is backwards. Hate is love and love is hate, And truth not really matters. Live in dreamland all you want, The real world, what is that? Fantasy, oh fantasy, Fiction now indeed is fact. Logic, reason, what are those? Needed not, I … Continue reading The Looking Glass
He Walks Away and He Forgets
James 1:22-25 ESV “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets … Continue reading He Walks Away and He Forgets
Believe and Live the Truth
Psalms 119:113-115 ESV “I hate the double-minded, but I love your law. You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word. Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.” A double-minded person is a person with two minds or souls. He is someone who tries … Continue reading Believe and Live the Truth
Are we Being Salt and Light?
Matthew 5:13 ESV “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.” Salt adds flavor to our food. Without it, food can taste bland or be tasteless. … Continue reading Are we Being Salt and Light?
Corrupt Minds Opposing the Truth
2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather … Continue reading Corrupt Minds Opposing the Truth
Do not Fear! Keep Speaking the Truth!
Matthew 10:21-22 ESV “Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” When Jesus sent out his 12 … Continue reading Do not Fear! Keep Speaking the Truth!
God’s Promises Have Stipulations
Peter and John were under arrest for preaching about Jesus Christ and his gospel. The rulers in the temple of God took counsel against them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. Acts 4:19-20 ESV “But Peter and John answered them, ‘Whether it is right in the … Continue reading God’s Promises Have Stipulations
Run With It 