Chain Reaction

Scripture Your laws are wonderful. No wonder I obey them! The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can understand.  ~Psalm 119:129-130, NLT Quote If the Israelites had obeyed God’s commandments, there is no imagining how much God would have blessed them. ~Ya’akov This stanza contains a progression and everything begins with worship…

The Word And Hope

Scripture Do not snatch Your word of truth from me, for Your regulations are my only hope. Psalm 119:43, NLT Quote We need God’s word in our hearts not only to keep us from sin but to enable us to share the truth with others. ~Warren W. Wiersbe The sixth stanza is the Hebrew letter…

The Perfect King

Scripture Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son. May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice. ~Psalm 72:1-2, NRSV Quote Pharaohs, Caesars, Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, Charlemagne, Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin: what do they have in common–They are relics of a fading history. They…

Picking Up the Pieces

Scripture  After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these? ” “Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love you.” “Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him.  ~John 21:15, NLT Quote There is more grace in God’s heart than there is sin in your past. ~Erwin Lutzer…

In A Pickle

Scripture I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul. ~Psalm 31:7, NASB Quote Where you are at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ~Thomas Jefferson     This is a Psalm of David written during Absalom’s…

Grace, Grace, God’s Grace

Scripture Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. ~Ephesians 3:20, NLT Quote Grace is glory in it’s infant stage: glory is grace perfected. ~Jonathan Edwards Paul told the Ephesians, that Christ love is greater than anyone…

Consumed By Zeal

Scripture I am a foreigner to my own family, a stranger to my own mother’s children; for zeal for Your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on Me. ~Psalm 69:8-9, NIV Quote Zeal without knowledge is like a fire without light. ~Thomas Fuller On the final week of Jesus ministry…

A Love Like That

Scripture We love each other because He loved us first. ~I John 4:19, NLT Quote Character is the ability to keep a commitment long after the excitement of the moment has passed. ~Cavett Roberts Jack Canfield is a motivational speaker, lecturer and writer. In his seminars he begins by making a set of ground rules for…

His Love Endures Forever

Scripture Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good. His faithful love continues forever. ~Psalm 106:1, NIrV Quote Though our feeling come and go, God’s love for us does not. ~C.S. Lewis One of my favorite praise and worship songs was written by Chris Tomlin… Give thanks to the Lord our…

Two Commandments

Scripture “The most important commandment is this…You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” ~Mark 12:29-31, NIRV Quote I love mankind, it is people I can’t…