Maintaining Focus

Scripture Let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. ~Hebrews 12:1-2, NLT Quote One of the marks of Christian maturity is the calm assurance that God is in control, without the need to understand exactly…

Fascination With The Future

Scripture Or let them tell us what the future holds, so we can know what’s going to happen. ~Isaiah 41:22, NLT Quote We don’t know what the future holds but we know who holds the future. ~Source Unknown Today scripture out of Isaiah is his comments about idols and their impotence. He is chiding the Israelites…

Currency Exchange

Scripture “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.” ~Matthew 6:19-20, NLT Quote Exchange that which you cannot keep for that which you…

Stewardship 101

Scripture If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord—and He {the LORD} will repay you! ~Proverbs 19:17, NLT Quote Nothing you have not given away will ever be really yours. ~C.S. Lewis I have never been rich; therefore I can only imagine what it would be like to be rich. Although I…

I Shall Not Want

Scripture The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ~Psalm 23:1, NKJV Quote The goal of grace is that we should come to a place where we desire only what pleases God. ~Ya’akov Do you still want or are you content with what the LORD has given you? The amazing grace of God does not…

A Joyful Noise

Scripture O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. ~Psalms 95:1, KJV Quote The same gospel that once caused men to shout, now puts them to sleep. ~Vance Havner I am a baptist, make no mistake about that and yes I have heard…

The Auroch

Scripture But you have made me as strong as a wild ox. You have anointed me with the finest oil. ~Psalm 92:10, NASB Quote Our ultimate hope lies in the fact that Christ is greater than all our enemies. ~Ya’akov Dennis Tucker, Jr. in the NIV Application Commentary says that the “wild ox’ {re’em} is most…

Seeking

Scripture “But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.” ~Deuteronomy 4:29, NASB Quote When we diligently seek the LORD; we declare our allegiance to Him and our reliance upon Him. ~Charles F. Stanley Isaiah said,…

The WORD Is Enough

Scripture Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?” ~John 11:40, NLT Quote Faith is not hoping God can; it is knowing God will. ~W.W. Wiersbe Mary and Martha were both perplexed by Jesus response to their prayer. Jesus did not treat Lazarus sickness, nor his physical death…

A Hiding Place

Scripture “Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River. Drink from the brook… ~I Kings 17:3-4, NLT Quote God’s servants must be taught the value of the hidden place. The man who is to take the high place {Pulpit} before men must first take the low place before…