Month: July 2020

Scripture “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” ~Luke 20:25, NKJV Quote There are three things you don’t talk about: race, religion and politics. I try never to talk about politics. ~Robert Griffin, III I was 25 before I voted which reveals my lack of…

Scripture Though I have searched repeatedly, I have not found what I was looking for. Only one out of a thousand men is virtuous, but not one woman! ~Ecclesiastes 7:28, NLT Quote There is one thing better than a telephone and that is tell-a-woman. ~David {LM} Wood In reading F.F. Bruce commentary on Romans, I came…

Scripture Such a man will not be overthrown by evil circumstances. God’s constant care of him will make a deep impression on all who see it. ~Psalm 112:6, TLB Quote You don’t have to be great at something to start, but you have to start to be great at something. ~Zig Ziggler In reading and…

Scripture When God speaks of a “new” covenant, it means he has made the first one obsolete. It is now out of date and will soon disappear. ~Hebrews 8:13, NLT Quote God rarely does the same thing twice. ~Ya’akov Who wrote the book of Hebrews? Whoever it was must have had a deep acquaintance with…

Scripture  Praise the Lord! For all who fear God and trust in him are blessed beyond expression.  ~Psalm 112:1, TLB Quote Men misinterpret God’s goodness as if He were condoning our sin. He is not pleased with our sin and His goodness is to lead us to repentance. ~H.A. Ironside I usually get my blogs…

Scripture Our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! ~2 Corinthians 4:16-17 Quote Tribulation {Suffering} is the divinely appointed flail that separates the chaff from the wheat. ~H. A. Ironside Lord willing I will be in Romans 5…

Scripture “Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. ~Matthew 10:34, CSB Quote Be careful about jumping to conclusions: you may land on a lie. ~Unknown Source {don’t remember} There are some lesson that we humans have to learn over and over and…

Scripture The Lord God has spoken to me, and I have listened; I do not rebel nor turn away. ~Isaiah 50:5, TLB Quote “Only the one who listens well is worth listening to.” ~Timothy Keller Jesus was a perfect listener. His ear was tuned to the Father and thus Jesus spoke truth to us. Even…

Scripture I will beat down his adversaries before him and destroy those who hate him.  ~Psalm 89:23, TLB Quote “Prayer is an opening of a channel from God’s fullness to our emptiness.” ~Mrs. Charles E. Cowman Psalm 89 is a royal song about David. This Psalm contains a vision by the prophet Nathan and I…

Scripture A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool. ~Proverbs 17:10, NLT Quote “Fools never learn.” ~Anonymous According to Timothy Keller, there are degrees of teachability. The discerning is on the high end of the spectrum and the fool is on the lower…