Give Them Heaven

Scripture ‘Woe to me! The LORD has added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.’ ~Jeremiah 45:3, NIV Quote Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. ~Thomas Moore There are a couple of things that young people don’t give a lot a thought to: growing old and heaven.…

A Confessional

Scripture Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. ~James 5:16, NIV Quote Righteousness is on the side of the LORD our God but sin and shame belong to us. ~Baruch They say that confession…

Instructions

Scripture Be known to everyone for your consideration of others. ~Philippians 4:5, REB Quote Stubbornness will come to a bad end; it brings a load of trouble. ~Ecclesiasticus 3:26 The bible is a book but not merely a book: it is God’s instructions on how to live. God’s motivation for giving us these instructions is…

Resting Beneath The Shadow

Scripture He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. ~Psalm 91:1, NIV Quote The safest place in all the world is in the will of God. ~Warren W. Wiersbe You are going to have to be my age or older to understand where I am…

Ezekiel’s Prophecy

Scripture My people Israel will know Me, and they will no longer disgrace My holy name. Everyone on earth will know that I am the holy Lord God of Israel. The day is coming when these things will happen, just as I have promised. ~Ezekiel 39:7-8, CEV Quote If I had the gift of prophecy,…

Hallelujah!

Scripture After that, I will give you a shepherd from the family of my servant King David. All of you, both strong and weak, will have the same shepherd, and he will take good care of you. ~Ezekiel 34:23, CEV Quote Mankind fails and fails consistently but God will never fail. ~Ya’akov I must admit…

More Than Expected

Scripture Our Lord, where is the love you have always shown and that you promised so faithfully to David? ~Psalm 89:49, CEV Quote When you come with your zero, nada, nothing and multiply it to the power of God, you get surprised by exponential joy. ~Clyde S. Lewis The Jews believed that they were the…

Expectations

Scripture Just as it is written, “BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE, AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.” ~Romans 9:33, NASB Quote Expectations control how we interpret experience. ~Timothy Keller If you are checking in to a hotel or motel and the clerk…

The Old Rugged Cross

Scripture There {Cross} Christ defeated all powers and forces. He let the whole world see them being led away as prisoners when He celebrated His victory. ~Colossians 2:15, CEV Quote  I love that old cross, where the dearest and best, for a world of lost sinners was slain. ~George Bennard I had some unusual experiences…

Is There Hope?

Scripture The Lord showed me a valley of dry bones, and everywhere I looked I saw bones that were dried out. He said, “Ezekiel, son of man, can these bones come back to life?” ~Ezekiel 37:2-3, CEV Quote Most, if not all that we see happening in the world today, has been prophesied in the…