Desire And Longing

Scripture  Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. ~Ecclesiastes 3:11, NLT Quote We long for the perfect because the perfect exist. ~Jonathan Cohn We came into this world…

What’s Not In Heaven

Scripture He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever. ~Revelation 21:4, NLT Quote The most thrilling thing about heaven is that Jesus Christ will be there. ~William Franklin Graham Can you imagine the disciples grief when…

Overthrowing The Righteous

Scripture It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, Or to overthrow the righteous in judgment. ~Proverbs 18:5, NKJV Quote God sees the thoughts and motives of every human being. ~Ray dis Comfort God is no respecter of persons. He does not have favorites–He is in fact, perfectly impartial. You cannot say this about any human being: we are all partial.…

Demonic Wisdom

Scripture This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic.  ~James 3:15, NASB Quote Be careful where you get your advice; the world is more than willing to tell you what to do. ~Ray dis Comfort For everything that is real, Satan has a counterfiet. There is a true wisdom that comes from…

Faith And Sight

Scripture It is the Lord who provides the sun to light the day and the moon and stars to light the night. ~Jeremiah 31:35, NLT Quote It is faith without sight. When we can see, it is reason not faith that directs us. ~A. B. Simpson Things have changed drastically over the past century in terms of…

Shut-up But Not Shut-out

Scripture They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn’t escape. ~Acts 16:23, NLT Quote Some flowers grow best in the gloom. ~John H. Jowett Most plants require a lot of sunlight but there are some rare plants that blossom in the gloom or…

The Miracle Of Seed

Scripture I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives. ~John 12:24, NLT Quote Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. ~C.S. Lewis I think I got the…

Youth Verses Maturity

Scripture The glory of the young is their strength; the gray hair of experience is the splendor of the old. ~Proverbs 20:29, NLT Quote If it hurts now remember: one day it will hurt worse. ~Ya’akov I saw something interesting at Josie’s VB game on Saturday. I was sitting at ground level because I don’t like to climb and some young dude come bursting out of the stands…

Does Love Have A Number?

Scripture Jesus said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” ~John 21:16, NLT Quote Love must have a source and a recipient. To love nothing is not to love at all. ~Jonathan Cohn Technically speaking, God is the source of love and the number for love is three…GOD IS LOVE. You…

The Declaration of Dependence

Scripture “You shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land.” ~Deuteronomy 6:18, NLT Quote God cannot give us happiness and peace apart from Himself {Christ}, because it is not there. There is no such thing. Jack Lewis C.S. Lewis middle name was Staples but he…