Delay of Game

I fully intended to get the blog restarted today but we are going to shoot for tomorrow instead. We are wrestling with some minor adversity. Extremely cold weather is hard on old folks and old houses. We started with three toilets on Sunday and got down to one yesterday. Our water froze under the kitchen…

Merry Christmas

Scripture And Christ became a human being and lived here on earth among us and was full of grace and truth. ~John 1:14, Living New Testament Quote We are never more like God than when we are giving. ~C. S. Lewis I love CHRISTMAS, always have and probably always will. It’s not just the gifts,…

Feeling Vexed

Scripture Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. ~Psalm 6:2, AV Quote Jesus loves YOU and there is nothing you can do about it. ~Junior Hill Psalm 6 is the first of seven penitential Psalms and Dr. Wiersbe thinks the setting is the rebellion of…

More Grace

Scripture Lead me in the right path, O LORD, or my enemies will conquer me. Make your way plain for me to follow. ~Psalm 5:8, NLT Quote There is no such thing as ‘abstract evil’ except in books and college class rooms ~Warren W. Wiersbe Since the fall of man, there has been a battle…

Saved By Grace

Scripture How long will you people ruin my reputation? How long will you make groundless accusations? How long will you continue your lies?  ~Psalm 4:2, NLT Quote Slander is worse than cannibalism. ~John Chrysostom The democrats did not invent slander and innuendo; they’ve been around since Satan’s debut in the Garden of Eden. The old adage,…

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…

The Antichrist

Scripture  “Let us break their chains,” they cry, “and free ourselves from slavery to God.”  Psalms 2:3, NLT Quote The first duty of every soul is not to find its freedom but its master. ~P.T. Forsythe Over the years Psalm 2 has become, if not my favorite Psalm, the one I refer to most and…

Two Roads

Scripture For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. ~Psalm 1:6, NIV Quote Decisions determine destines. ~Max Anders In spite of what the world teaches, there are only two roads. Jesus said, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is…

Real Worship

Scripture  Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD. ~Psalm 150:6, NLT Quote There is nothing boring about true worship. ~Steven Lawson When you read the Psalms you meet joy and sorrow, ecstatic elation and deep depression; you encounter pain and pleasure, trials and triumph. I do not know of any emotion…

Worship and Warfare

Scripture Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King. Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.  ~Psalm 149:2-3, NLT Quote Satan desires worship and he is constantly enticing the world to give him homage. He does not mind people…