REVIVAL

Scripture He REVIVES life in me. ~Psalms 23:3, Moffatt Quote Like a watch, the human spirit can run down. We lose our enthusiasm; we become less willing to attempt the difficult. We are crusaders no longer. ~Charles L. Allen Baptist are about the only ones I know that believe in carnal Christianity and some that…

True Freedom

Scripture “But since my people refuse to return to Me, they will return to Egypt and will be forced to serve Assyria. ~Hosea:11:5, NLT Quote “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ~Vicktor Frankl As defined by the Oxford dictionary:…

Holiness

Scripture Exalt the LORD our God, and bow down towards His holy mountain; for holy is the LORD our God. ~Psalm 99:9, REB Quote Holiness is not the way to Jesus–Jesus is the way to holiness. ~Ya’akov What does the word ‘holy’ bring to your mind: little old ladies in long dresses with their hair…

Self-Pity Diminishes

Scripture “Are you right to be angry?” ~Jonah 4:4, NIV Quote No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. ~C. S. Lewis Frank is a character in C.S. Lewis novel the GREAT DIVORCE. Frank is schizophrenic of sorts: at times he is big and at other times…

When The Enemy Wins

Scripture The LORD loves those who hate evil; He keeps His loyal servants safe and rescues them from the power of the wicked. ~Psalm 97:10, REB Quote The key to a victorious life is to love God and hate evil. ~Ya’akov It amazes me in my daily bible reading; how often I come across the…

The Precious Word Of God

Scripture I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great treasure. ~Psalm 119:162, NKJV Quote To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the BIBLE. ~Queen Elizabeth, II I don’t do that many human interest stories because I spend most of…

Dead Hopes

Scripture But we had been hoping that He was to be the liberator of Israel. ~Luke 24:21, REB Quote When the LORD closes one door, He often opens another that leads to something much greater. ~Lloyd C. Douglas It was God who created us with the capacity to dream and dream we do. There is…

Hope Deferred

Scripture Hope deferred makes the heart sick; a wish come true is a tree of life. ~Proverbs 13:12, REB Quote There is a huge difference between loneliness and solitude. Solitude is a choice we make; loneliness is the feeling of being left out or forgotten. ~Charles L. Allen I looked up some synonyms for ‘deferred’…

Hope For The Helpless

Scripture We exult in our present suffering, because we know that suffering is a source of endurance, and endurance of approval and approval leads to hope. ~Romans 5:3-4, REB Quote It is history that teaches us to HOPE. ~Robert E. Lee Our subject is HOPE but notice the things that come before hope: The REB…

Avoiding Jesus

Scripture For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one. ~Romans 3:9-10, NIV Quote The only way to avoid Jesus, is to avoid sin. ~Flannery O’Connor I’m a huge fan of Luke and…