Steadfast in Faith Despite Opposition

Psalms 42:1-4 ESV “As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, ‘Where is … Continue reading Steadfast in Faith Despite Opposition

How will you Know if you are Deceived?

Revelation 13:10-18 ESV “Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints. “Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and … Continue reading How will you Know if you are Deceived?

In God’s Presence there is Fulness of Joy

In You I Take Refuge Psalms 16:1-4 ESV “Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.’ “As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight. “The sorrows of … Continue reading In God’s Presence there is Fulness of Joy

He Sustains us to The End

To the Church of God 1 Corinthians 1:2-3 ESV “To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: “Grace to you and peace … Continue reading He Sustains us to The End

He is Our Hiding Place

The Double-Minded Psalms 119:113 ESV “I hate the double-minded, but I love your law.” The Double-minded are those who are trying to go left and to go right at the same time. They are trying to be righteous while at the same time they are living in deliberate, habitual, and premeditated sin against God. They … Continue reading He is Our Hiding Place

It is God who Works in Us

Philippians 2:12-13 ESV “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” We are not … Continue reading It is God who Works in Us

What’s Your Treasure?

Matthew 6:19-21 ESV “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart … Continue reading What’s Your Treasure?