The Branch

Scripture Like a Branch that spouts from a stump, someone from David’s family will someday be King. ~Isaiah 11:1, CEV Quote There are two things that cannot be explained by those who do not believe: the fulfillment of prophecy and the existence of Israel. A king once asked one of his subjects, “Can you give…

Revival And Rain

Scripture He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. ~Psalm 147:8, NIV Quote Power belongs to God. ~David, King of Israel What does REVIVAL and RAIN have in common? Only God can produce them. I can’t make it rain and I cannot produce revival. I don’t…

Give Them Heaven

Scripture “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.” ~I Corinthians 2:9, NLT Quote My home is in heaven: I’m just traveling through this world. ~William Franklin Graham I was visiting the hospital a couple of months ago and somehow we…

Unholy Defiance

Scripture To the arrogant I say, ‘Boast no more,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns. Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak so defiantly.’” ~Psalm 75:4-5, NIV Quote Arrogant people feel competent to run their own lives. ~Kathy Keller Those of us who were raised on farms and…

The Ungodly

Quote These people grumble and complain and live by their own selfish desires. They brag about themselves and flatter others to get what they want. ~Jude 16, CEV Quote True humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less. C.S. Lewis I read the tiny book of Jude last week in…

What The World Needs NOW

Scripture They said to themselves, “We’ll crush them!” Then they burned every one of your meeting places all over the country. ~Psalm 4:8, CEV Quote “God is God. Since He is God, He is worthy of my worship and service. I will find rest nowhere other than in His will and that will is infinitely…

What A Calling!

Scripture Ezra had spent his entire life studying and obeying the Law of the Lord and teaching it to others. ~Ezra 7:10, CEV Quote Trust and obey, for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. ~John Harold Sammis Ezra was a scribe. He lived long before there was type set…

Our King

Scripture “Kill him! Kill him!” they yelled. “Nail him to a cross!” “So you want me to nail your king to a cross?” Pilate asked. The chief priests replied, “The Emperor is our king!” ~John 19:15, CEV Quote A bleeding SAVIOR I have viewed and now I hate my sin. ~John Newton I suppose at…

Telling The Truth

Scripture I was born into this world to tell the truth and everyone who belongs to the TRUTH knows My voice. ~John 18:17, CEV Quote “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” ~C.S. Lewis Jesus is…

What’s In It For Me

Scripture Try taking everything that he owns, and he will curse You to Your face. ~Job 1:11, CEV Quote Living for Christ does not give us immunity from suffering. ~Ya’akov The devil accused Job of vanity. When the LORD told Satan, “What do you think about My servant Job? There is no one on earth…