Psalms 119:137-138, 140, 142 Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your rules. You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness. Your promise is well tried, and your servant loves it. Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true. Our God is completely righteous. In him exists no evil. … Continue reading I Take My Stand
Persecution
Trust Him
1 Peter 3:8-9 ESV Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. As followers of Jesus Christ, we … Continue reading Trust Him
A Clever Performance
1 Peter 2:1-3 ESV So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation — if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. The Lord is having me to focus … Continue reading A Clever Performance
Nations Rage
Psalm 2:1-3 ESV Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” Rev. 11:2 ESV: “…but do not measure … Continue reading Nations Rage
Jesus Followers?
2 Timothy 3:1-5 NASB But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, … Continue reading Jesus Followers?
The Mistress
Psalm 40:1-3 NASB I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth, a song … Continue reading The Mistress
Though War Arise
I have sought the Lord concerning what he would have me teach with regard to this passage of scripture today, and so what I am relaying is what I believe he has laid upon my heart to share, and that it is very timely. Psalm 27:1-3 NASB The Lord is my light and my salvation; … Continue reading Though War Arise
We Are an Offense
Proverbs 29:1-3 NASB A man who hardens his neck after much reproof Will suddenly be broken beyond remedy. When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, But when a wicked man rules, people groan. A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth. The Stiff-Necked There … Continue reading We Are an Offense
For the Gospel’s Progress
This morning, the Lord Jesus reminded me of a writing he gave me in January of this year, so I went back and read it (1). It is called “Resting in Him,” and it is written mostly from personal experience, although it is also written from the knowledge of what others have shared with me … Continue reading For the Gospel’s Progress
I Appreciate You!
Bringing it to Completion 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 I Appreciate You!
Run With It 