There Is Balm In Gilead

Scripture Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? ~Jeremiah 8:22, NIV Quote The Great Physician makes house calls. ~B. K. Hendricks The balm [salve] of Gilead was made from the buds of the Balsam Poplar tree that grew in…

The LORD Is My Light

Scripture I will guide them on paths they have not traveled. Their road is dark and rough but I will give them light to keep them from stumbling. ~Isaiah 42:16, CEV Quote Stay away from negative people: they have a problem for every solution. ~Albert Einstein The scriptures wows my mind! I was reading in…

Temple Worship

Scripture Don’t think this temple will protect you. ~Jeremiah 7:14, CEV Quote Anything or anyone that means more to you than Jesus is an idol. ~Ya’akov Jeremiah was a 7th century prophet who witnessed the decay and death of the nation of Judah. This was a difficult thing for Jeremiah to watch. By his own…

Civil Rights?

Scripture And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. ~Luke 9:23, NASB Quote No Christian teacher or preacher should ever use the term Social Justice ~Voddie Baucham Currently I am preaching through the Sermon on The Mount. Some folks…

Encourage My People

Scripture Our God said, “Encourage My people! Speak kindly to Jerusalem and announce: Your slavery is past and your punishment is over.” ~Isaiah 40:1, CEV Quote Be the reason someone smiles today: share the Good News! ~Image Quotes I can’t imagine anyone enjoying bad news. I know I personally do not like bad news which…

Why Folks Like The KJV

Scripture Church leaders who do their job well deserve to be paid twice as much, especially if they work hard at preaching and teaching. ~I Timothy 5:17, CEV Quote If a preacher is doing his job well, you canot pay him too much. ~Don Murphy I grew up on the King James translation but it…

A Terrible End

Scripture In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe. So he ended their days in futility    and their years in terror. ~Psalm 78:32-33, NIV Quote Discipline is the difference between goals and accomplishments. ~Jim Rohn Many, many years ago I heard a preacher pray, “LORD help…

Forgetting

Scripture “I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind. This is your lot”…declares the Lord, “because you have forgotten me and trusted in false gods.” ~Jeremiah 13:25, NIV Quote The mind is a terrible thing to lose. ~Ya’akov The United Negro College Fund motto is…THE MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE.…

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…