Psalm 16

Scripture I said to Yahweh, “You are my Maker and my Master. Any good thing You find in me has come from You.” ~Psalm 16:2, TPT Quote Unless you learn to receive, the Christ life will be impossible for you. ~Calvin Miller I love the Psalms and I like David’s theology. Our Heavenly Father is the supreme…

Our Magnificent King-Priest

Scripture For we have a magnificent King-Priest, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who rose into the heavenly realm for us, and now sympathizes with us in our frailty. ~Hebrews 4:14, TPT Quote Our sin can darken the awareness of God’s love, but they can never darken the reality of His love. ~Dana Ortlund I…

The Awesome Wonder Of His Word

Scripture “Is not My word like a fire?” says the LORD, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? ~Jeremiah 23:29, NKJV Quote There is no greater vanity than pretending to be humble. ~Ya’akov   When I went to Grace Point, I thought I would be there for a few months at most…

The Ornithopter Drone

Scripture And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote. ~ Isaiah 29:13, NLT Quote Real people never pretend to be perfect, and people who pretend to be perfect are never real.…

A Work Of Art

Scripture For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. ~Ephesians 2:10, NLT Quote There is not one square inch in the whole domain of our existence over which Christ does not cry “Mine!” ~Abraham Kuyper Do your…

Irony of Ironies

Scripture But the Pharisees were disturbed by this and said to each other, “We won’t be able to stop this. The whole world is going to run after Him.” ~John 12:19, TPT Quote “I’d rather rule in hell as to serve in heaven.” ~Satan {John Milton} I am reading the gospel of John is the…

Spare Me The Misery

Scripture  If this is how you intend to treat me, just go ahead and kill me. Do me a favor and spare me this misery! ~Numbers 11:15, NLT Quote There can be life without pain, but no pain without some kind of life. ~Augustine Every now and then I turn to Psalm 55 and read…

Reality 101

Scripture  But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong. ~Job 2:10, NLT Quote “We can ignore pleasure, but pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures,…

Fishing For Men Is Team Work

Scripture Now, the one who plants and the one who waters are equally important and on the same team, but each will be rewarded for his own work. ~I Corinthians 3:8, TPT Quote None of us do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something…

Hey Buddy, You Are In My Seat

Scripture Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. ~1 Peter 4:9, NKJV Quote Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend. ~Henri Nouwen You may put a lot of stock on how well your pastor preaches, but to someone visiting your worship on Sunday morning, the…