The Gate Keeper

Scripture And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. By His death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. ~Hebrews 10:19-20, NLT Quote What right do we have to speak to God? There is only one answer–Jesus! ~Martyn Lloyd Jones…

Loving The World

Scripture Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. ~I John 2:15, NLT Quote Our love for the world, and our love for God, are like the scales of a balance: as one falls, the…

The Mirror

Scripture For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he looked at himself and has gone away, he immediately forgot what kind of person he was. ~James 1:23-24, LSB Quote Most people have a…

Angels

Scripture Praise the LORD, you angels, you mighty ones who carry out His plans, listening for each of His commands. ~Psalm 103:20, NLT Quote They {angels} are so on fire with a holy love of God’s beauty that they hold in disdain all things–including themselves–which are less than divine. ~Augustine   I am reading Augustine’s City of…

Practice What You Preach

Scripture So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. Matthew 23:3, NIV Quote Some preachers preach cream and live skimmed milk. ~Vance Havner I have a long standing conviction: I am going to preach the pure ethic…

Hard Hearts

Scripture Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah. ~Psalm 95:7-8, LSB Quote God is for us; He is with us and in the end we win, but in the present moment, we must be humble, live holy lives, cease to complain and be ready to suffer. ~John MacArthur…

Weeds In The Garden

Scripture  Other seeds fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants. ~Matthew 13, 7, NLT Quote When our vitality for life is choked by worldly cares; it is usually our fault. ~Calvin Miller Every gardener will tell you, the number one problem is unwanted grass and weeds. I like roundup ready…

Saved From Self

Scripture Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.” Matthew 16:24, NASB Quote Christ died to save us, not from suffering, but from ourselves; not from injustice, far less from justice, but from being unjust. He died that…

Laughter Is Good Medicine

Scripture “Because you did not serve Yahweh your God with gladness and a merry heart— therefore you shall serve your enemies whom Yahweh will send against you. ~Deuteronomy 28:47-48, LSB Quote Whatever breaks your spirit and embitters your soul will eventually make you physically sick. ~Anonymous Another blog from notes recorded over a decade ago. According…

The Glory Of The Incarnation

Scripture And the Word became flesh, and dwelt {tabernacled} among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. ~John 1:14, LSB Quote Everything can be divided between God and not God; Supernatural and Natural; Uncreated and created; infinite and finite. ~Ya’akov I realize…