Celebrate Jesus

Scripture Our God, You are the One who rides on the clouds, and we praise You. Your name is the LORD and we celebrate [alaz] as we worship You. ~Psalms 68:4, CEV Quote Keep company with the more cheerful sort of the Godly; there is no mirth [gladness] like the laughter of believers. ~Richard Baxter…

Great And Mighty

Scripture Great and mighty is our Lord…He spreads clouds over the sky; he provides rain for the earth and makes grass grow on the hills. ~Psalms 147:8 Quote God shows His power in the storm and His mercy with the rain. ~Ya’akov I stand in amazement when I see the rain falling on a dry…

Church House Religion

Scripture You do these things I hate, and then you come and stand in my presence, in my own Temple, and say, “We are safe!’ ~Jeremiah 7:10, GNT Quote Sometimes I wonder if we are not worshiping worship rather than God. ~D.A. Carson Jeremiah witnessed the demise and death of a nation. Judah was living…

All Is Well, Not!

Scripture They act as if my people’s wounds were only scratches. “All is well,’ they say, when all is not well. ~Jeremiah 6:14, GNT Quote Honesty is the first step toward recovery. ~Ya’akov How many times has someone ask you, “How are you doing?” And you said “just fine,” when in truth you were not…

Plan A

Scripture Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And to your seed,” that is, Christ.  ~Galatians 3:16 Quote God does not have a Plan B. His one and only plan is to restore creation through His Son Jesus. There is no other plan. ~Ya’akov…

The Wild Goose

Scripture The wind blows wherever it pleases. John 3:8, NIV Quote “The early Celtic Christians referred to the HOLY SPIRIT as the Wild Goose and the reason why; He cannot be tamed and He is never predictable.” ~John Eldridge   Both the O.T. and N.T. word for spirit is related to wind or breath. They…

Foxhole Faith

Scripture You will all be disgraced – you that say that a tree is your father and that a rock is your mother. This will happen because you turned away from me instead of turning to me. But when you are in trouble, you ask me to come and save you. ~Jeremiah 2:27,GNT Quote Presumption…