The Psalms reflect so much of life. Often times they are a mixture of honest emotions regarding painful circumstances mixed with praise and thanksgiving. I feel some of the purest praise comes not when everything seems to be going well, but when we praise Him in the hard places, trusting that what we are saying…
As November arrives, our hearts and minds turn to Thanksgiving. With all that has happened in our lives, it can be far easier to complain than to be thankful. I think God understands our human tendency to grumble. It is why He so often tells us in Scripture to remember who He is and what…
For every need, there is a name of God that corresponds to the need. His faithfulness and his caring meet in the 23rd Psalm to portray our intimately personal Shepherd. God’s character in all of His covenant names can be seen in this psalm. Ask Him what He wants you to know about who He…
God is not far and distant, someone up there who occasionally comes down. The blessed reality is that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit live within us in the present tense (John 14:17). He is available to us in us in all his perfections of all his Person. The focus of our spirit is to align…
“I will write on him, the name of my God…and I will also write on him my new name” (Rev. 3.12). “You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow. No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate… for the Lord will take delight…
Able is the Greek word dunatos, related to dunamis, meaning ability, abundance, capability, mighty works, miraculous power, prevailing strength. “God is able” means God has the mighty power to do a miraculous work out of His abundance and strength. Romans 16:25 says God is able to establish you. Listen to the richness of the verse…
You may be standing in a desperate situation in the battle of a lifetime. You may feel that you are in the darkest storm of your life. It seems that everything in your world is out of your control. Good news! It is! But God is still in control. El Roi, the God who sees,…
Hear and receive God’s Word in John 17:23 NLT. “I in them and you in me, all being perfected into one. Then the world will know… and will understand that you love them as much as you love me.” At his baptism and transfiguration, your Father said to Jesus, “You are the Son I love….
Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it, Who gives breath to the people on it, And spirit to those who walk on it: “I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will…
I am grieved by the tone of today’s rhetoric as I am sure you are. There is so much toxic public conversation with accusation, shaming, vulgarity, you-name-it. It troubles me. Are we like the frog in the proverbial pot of water on the stove, with the temperature being raised so slowly that we did not…
Therefore, we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy…
You are kept and protected by God for He is your refuge. Choose to put your trust in God and hide yourself in Him. Be blessed to rejoice in your Lord. You have no good beside or beyond Him. You are one of the saints of God. You are excellent and glorious. You are the noble one in whom is all…
