The Poster Nation For Grace

Scripture No one wants you as a friend or cares what happens to you. But I will heal your injuries, and you will get well. ~Jeremiah 30:17, CEV Quote Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part. ~Philip Yancey My very astute friend David says that the Jews have been able to maintain the purity…

Rejoice–It’s An Order

Scripture Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob… this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. ~Psalm 81:1,4, NIV Quote We fail to worship because our minds are attached to useless things. If is impossible to worship God when our mind is not…

The Pride Of Babylon

Scripture You [Babylon] thought that you would be queen forever. You didn’t care what you did; it never entered your mind that you might get caught. Isaiah 47:7, CEV Quote When people reject the authority of God in their life, they eventually become hedonist. ~Allistar Beggs God used Babylon to judge His children but unfortunately…

Going Up In Smoke

Scripture I will punish you as you deserve. I’ll set your palace on fire,and everything around you will go up in smoke. ~Jeremiah 21:14, CEV Quote He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep in order to gain what he cannot lose. ~Jim Elliot The verse above is God speaking through Jeremiah…

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…