Sanctification

  Scripture Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 5:23, NKJV Quote God must break through the exterior barriers in our lives in order to sanctify the soul, ~Chuck Swindoll There…

Boredom

Scripture Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content. History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new. ~Ecclesiastes 1:8-9, NLT Quote Without Jesus life on planet earth can be boring.…

The Weight Of Sin

Scripture The earth itself will stagger like a drunk, sway like a hut in a storm. The world is weighed down by its sins; it will collapse and never rise again. ~Isaiah 24:20, GNT Quote Beware of thinking to lightly of sin. ~C. H. Spurgeon The earth, even the ground beneath our feet and the…

The Making Of A Tyrant

Scripture God-Enthroned through everlasting ages, the God of unchanging faithfulness—He will put them in their place, all those who refuse to love and revere Him! ~Psalm 55:19, TPT Quote There are only two kinds of leaders in this world: those who fear God and those who don’t. ~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The Gulag Archipelago is a detailed description of…

Bless You Suffering

Scripture God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God. ~Matthew 5:8, NLT Quote Bless you prison, bless you for being in my life. For there, lying upon the rotting prison straw, I came to realize that the object of life is not prosperity as we are made to believe, but the maturity…

Big Dipper or Big Difference

Scripture Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. ~Isaiah 40:26, NIV Quote God doesn’t build skyscrapers: men…

Peace

  Scripture They offer superficial treatment for my people’s mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace. ~Jeremiah 6:14, 8:11, NLT Quote Peace is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It is a cessation of hostilities toward our infinite Creator. Ya’akov Billy Graham was a man of God who traveled the world. I…

Pride Is A Sneak

  Scripture I remember boasting, “I’ve got it made! Nothing can stop me now! I’m God’s favored one”…then suddenly, You hid Your face from me. ~Psalm 30:6-7, TPT Quote Self-sufficiency is a myth perpetuated by pride and temporary success. ~Sarah Young I don’t know what period of David’s life he is referring to in Psalm 30, but…

Experience Something New and Fresh

Scripture “When you see the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord your God, move out from your positions and follow them. Since you have never traveled this way before, they will guide you. ~Joshua 3:3-4, NLT Quote Life is either a darling adventure or mere existence. ~Helen Keller Charles L. Allen…

Fools

Scripture Only a fool would say to himself, “There is no God.” And why does he say it? Because of his wicked heart, his dark and evil deeds. His life is corroded with sin. ~Psalm 53:1, TLB Quote We get a Ph.D. degree and strut across a stage, saying to ourselves, “God You’ve done a…