A Merry Heart Works Like Medicine

Scripture A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. ~Proverbs 22:17, CSB Quote Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement: nothing can be accomplished without HOPE. ~Hellen Keller When I moved my office a couple of years ago, I just put everything boxes and moved it but I still have not gone…

Worthless Men

Scripture Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the LORD. ~I Samuel 2:12, NASB Quote Worthless people live only to eat and drink: people of worth eat and drink to live. ~Socrates Eli sons were worthless, bĕliya`al, which is same word used of Nabal. The word means worthless, good for nothing, unprofitable,…

Faith Trumps Fear

Scripture When I am afraid, I will trust in you. ~Psalm 56:3, CSB Quote Fear and faith cannot coexist in our hearts at the same time. ~N.L. Anderson     We see both good and bad fear and faith in the story of Jesus calming the sea…One day he and his disciples got into a boat,…

Restlessness

Scripture Pay attention to me and answer me. I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint, because of the enemy’s words, because of the pressure of the wicked. ~ Psalms 55:2-3 (CSB) Quote “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.” ~Augustine Of Hippo I love this Psalm…

Living By Faith

Scripture By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, built an ark to deliver his family. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. ~Hebrews 11:7, CSB Quote Living by faith means never knowing where you…

Amazing Grace–Amazing God

Scripture “The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s preaching, and look ​— ​something greater than Jonah is here.“ ~Luke 11:32, CSB Quote There can be no such thing as chance from God’s point of view. Since He is omniscient, His acts have no…

Prophecies Against The Nations

Scripture Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a jackal’s den, a desolation and an object of scorn without inhabitants. ~Jeremiah 51:37, CSB Quote The bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me. ~Martin Luther Jeremiah 46-51 is his prophecies concerning…

Obedience

Scripture “Like the nations the LORD is about to destroy before you, you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God. ~Deuteronomy 8:20, CSB Quote There is no peace for any soul until he or she is willing to obey God. ~Dwight L. Moody I was reading in Daniel a few days ago when I came…

Blueprint For Destruction

Scripture They began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king.” ~Luke 22:2 {CSB} Quote When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. ~Socrates When someone hates another person and wants to…

Consider The Ravens

Scripture Consider the ravens: They don’t sow or reap; they don’t have a storeroom or a barn; yet God feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than the birds? ~ Luke 12:24 (CSB) Quote If you are not in awe of Mother Nature, there is something wrong with your relationship with Father God. ~Alex Trebek…