Trust And Obey

Scripture But let them all be glad, those who turn aside to hide themselves in You. May they keep shouting for joy forever! Overshadow them in Your presence as they sing and rejoice. Then every lover of Your name will burst forth with endless joy. ~Psalm 5:11, TPT Quote God honors faith; He rewards humility…

Trust Me

Scripture “If you trust Me, you are trusting not only Me, but also God who sent Me.” ~John 12:44, NLT Quote Fear arises when we imagine that everything depends on us. ~Elisebeth Elliott The Christian faith is filled with mystery and paradox. We say that God is love and then we say that He is…

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

Scripture “Do not let your heart be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me. ~John 14:1, TLV Quote Certain situations bother us deeply because we feel out of control. ~Charles Stanley Insecurity is like pride in that we all have to deal with it daily. Why was Peter so bold in the garden that…

Psalm 37

Scripture Take delight in the LORD and He will give you your heart’s desires. ~Psalm 37:4, NLT Quote The stars may fall from heaven but the word of God will stand and all its promises and prophecies will be fulfilled. ~J.I. Packer Psalm 37 is special to me. The Lord providentially guided me to this…

Potholes In The Road

Scripture Turn to me and have mercy, for I am alone and in deep distress. My problems go from bad to worse. Psalm 25:16-17, NLT Quote To make life less difficult, accept the fact that life is difficult. ~M. Scott Peck I think it is Max Lucado who talks about potholes in the road to glory…

Triumphant Faith

Scripture I lay down and slept, yet I woke up in safety, for the LORD was watching over me. Psalm 3:5, NLT Quote Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that man coult stake his life on it a thousand times. ~Martin Luther The setting for Psalm 3 is…

In God Alone

Scripture Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him. He alone is my Rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken. ~Psalm 62:5-6, NLT Quote We assume that with enough money, talent, knowlege, energy and effort, we can accomplish anything but this is not the…

Trust The LORD

Scripture Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart. ~Psalms 37:4, NASB Quote “The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; Who can understand it? ~Jeremiah David learned the hard way; he eared his diploma from the school of hard knocks with the colors of…

The Heart

Scripture “Who can understand the human heart? There is nothing else so deceitful; it is too sick to be healed.” ~Jeremiah 17:9, GNT Quote We are mostly falsehood, duplicity and contradiction: We disguise ourselves from ourselves. ~Blaise Pascal When God created Adam, He gave him a soul or a heart. The heart is the seat…