Can God Weep?

Scripture “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For the days are coming when they will say, ‘Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.’ ~Luke 23:28-29, NLT Quote The true believer will…

Heaven Celebrating

Scripture I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents. Luke 15:10, ESV Quote Every act of grace sets heaven to rejoicing. ~Calvin Miller We humans celebrate a lot of things but the question is: do we celebrate the right things. I don’t really think heaven is all…

The Shame Of Being Ashamed

Scripture “No!” Peter insisted. “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the other disciples vowed the same. ~Matthew 26:35, NLT Quote Learn all you can about your own heart, and when you have learned all you can, remember you have seen but a few feet into a…

Seek Him

Scripture And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who draws near to God must believe that He is andthat He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. ~Hebrews11:6, LSB Quote There is but one appetite that supremely matters: seeking God. There is but one eternally damning sin: not to seek…

Intimacy With The Father

Scripture But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. ~Matthew 6:6, LSB Quote The closet {private prayer place} is the only place where you are…

Blessed Are The Hungry

Scripture “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.” ~Matthew 5:6, NASB Quote There is no human appetite more glorious to God than to hunger for righteousness. ~Calvin Miller I did not get a good report on my latest blood work and the doctor recommends diet and exercise. I…

Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit

Scripture Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ~Matthew 5:3, LSB Quote Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others. ~C. S. Lewis {God in the Dock, p. 127} Poverty creates brotherhood. Those who are poor…

Our Daily Bread

Scripture Give us this day our daily bread. ~Matthew 6:11, LSB Quote In a world where we produce enough food to feed everyone, 821 million people – one in nine – still go to bed on an empty stomach each night. ~Food Aid Foundation   There are many places where food is scarce and one of those…

Awesome Thought

Scripture He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. ~Isaiah 53:3, NLT Quote Hurt is the essential ingredient of ultimate Christlikeness. ~Calvin Miller {Into The Depths} Thomas Arnold lived in the middle of the 18th century. He was an educator who had a great deal of influence on the English public…

The Green Monster

Scripture “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.” ~Luke 12:15, NLT Quote Having is not the first sin of materialism: The sin that precedes it is the sin of regarding what we have as our own. ~Calvin Miller There is a greedy little man in me…