The Power Of Faith

Scripture Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen.  ~Matthew 21:21, NLT Quote Faith can move mountains:…

Revive Us Again

Scripture Will you not revive us again so that your people may rejoice in you? ~ Psalms 85:6 (CSB) Quote The victorious Christian life is a series of new beginnings. ~George H. Morrison This Psalm was most likely written after Israel returned from their Babylonian captivity. Israel had a tendency to turn to folly. The Hebrew…

Yahweh’s Character

Scripture So he complained to the LORD about it: “Didn’t I say before I left home that you would do this, LORD? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from…

Self-Loathing

Scripture “You will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and detestable practices. It is not for your sake that I will act …Be ashamed and humiliated because of your ways, house of Israel!” ~Ezekiel 36:31-31, CSB Quote Guilt is the feeling that you’ve…

A Blessed Nation

Scripture Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance. ~Psalm Quote The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money. ~Alexis de Tocqueville Do you recognize the following names: George Soros, Michael Bloomberg and…

Perpetual Hatred

  Scripture I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Because you maintained a perpetual hatred and gave the Israelites over to the power of the sword in the time of their disaster. ~ Ezekiel 35:4-5 (CSB) Quote I don’t have time to hate those who hate me; I’m too busy loving…

One Shepherd

Scripture I will establish over them One Shepherd, my servant David, and He will shepherd them. He will tend them Himself and will be their shepherd. ~ Ezekiel 34:23 (CSB) Quote You don’t realize that Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have. ~Tim Keller Ezekiel 34 always convicts me…Woe to the…

Entertained But Not Changed

Scripture So my people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit. ~ Ezekiel 33:31 (CSB) Quote We live in a culture of emotional weak people; everything, including the truth, has to be…

Let Us Pray

Scripture Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish. ~Jonah 2:1, NLT Quote We don’t pray to get on with the business, prayer is the business. ~Jack Taylor Then Jonah prayed. He did not pray when the LORD gave him his assignment. He did not pray before boarding the ship for Gibraltar.…

Greater Than

Scripture “Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has appeared, but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” ~Matthew 11:11, CSB Quote The least in the Gospel stands on higher ground than the greatest under the law. ~Charles Spurgeon I’m currently reading Ezekiel…