What’s In A Name?

Scripture Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! ~Psalm 8:1, NIV Quote We often cloak real ourselves–revealing only what we believe will earn acceptance–to be real might cause us to panic. ~Gerald H. Wilson My Thoughts Haw-yaw {hâyâh} is the Hebrew verb for being, simular to our “is” or “are.” When…

Wow! Unbelievable!

Scripture Because ye have suffered the same things that your own countrymen {Christian Jews in Judea} by the Jews who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own Prophets and have driven us out. And they do not please God and are contrary to all mankind. ~I Thessalonians 2:14-15, Geneva Bible Quote There will never…

Standing Before The LORD

Scripture Stand before the LORD in awe, and do not sin against Him. Lie quietly upon your bed in silent meditation. ~Psalms 4:4. TLB Quote Yahweh is free to act or not act as He pleases. Gerald H. Wilson I believe in prayer. I do confess that I am not proficient in prayer but I…

Is There Anything Good About Sin?

Scripture Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be notentangled again with the yoke of bondage. ~Galatians 5:1, NKJV Quote Nothing should be made legitimate that has the power to control us. ~Calvin Miller There are four questions, according to Martyn Lloyd-Jones, that we must ask ourselves whenever we…

Hope For The Hopeless

Scripture Listen to how they whisper their slander against me, saying: “Look! He is hopeless! Even God cannot save him from this!” ~Psalm 3:2, TPT Quote Not only does the devil seek to destroy our dignity and honor; he tries to undermine our very confidence in the good intent of God to bless and to…

Crushed By Our Iniquities

Scripture But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. ~Isaiah 53:5, NIV Quote If we felt the full burden of our sins in their true weight, it would crush us. ~J. I. Packer I…

People

Scripture …Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy… He did this to present her to Himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. ~Ephesians 5:25-27, NLT Quote Lying at the heart of all…

Vanity

Scripture “What injustice did your fathers find in Me, that they went far from Me and walked after vanity and became vain? ~Jeremiah 2:5, LSB Quote No man can bear witness to Christ and to himself at the same time. ~John Denny Vanity is kin to pride and conceit. It is the corruption of self…

Disciples With Dirty Feet

Scripture “If I do not wash your feet,” Jesus answered, “you will no longer be my disciple.” ~John 13:8, GNT Quote The greatest sin in the perversion of good is to use Christianity to promote one’s self. ~Warren W. Wiersbe Cell phone games are good for helping me pass the time when waiting to see…

Plagiarism

Scripture Truthful words stand the test of time,     but lies are soon exposed. ~Proverbs 12:19, NLT Quote What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before. ~Mark Twain David Cowart mentioned last Friday that AI {artificial intelligence} has increased plagiarism to an all time high.…