The Happy Slave

Scripture Happy is the slave whom the Master, when He comes, will find on the watch for Him. ~Luke 12:17, Williams Quote Happiness is to know the Saviour, Living a life within His favour, Having a change in my behaviour, Happiness is the Lord. ~Ira Stanphill I am reading through the Williams translation and yesterday…

Watch Out For The Flesh

Scripture  For we are the true circumcision {believers}, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh. ~Philippians 3:3, NASB {1995} Quote The flesh is very strong when it comes to doing it’s will but it is impotent to do God’s will. You have probably…

A Cripple By Grace

Scripture It was by faith that Jacob, when he was old and dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and bowed in worship as he leaned on his staff. ~Hebrews 11:21, NLT Quote Nothing hinders spiritual growth more than pretense. ~Watchman Nee Paul said, “If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to…

Israel’s Creed

Scripture Then Yahweh passed by in front of him [Moses] and called out, “Yahweh, Yahweh God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. ~Exodus 34:6-7, LSB Quote Exodus 34:6-7 is…

Our Image Of The Father

Scripture For He does not afflict from His heart or grieve the sons of men. ~Lamentations 3:33, LSB Quote He is a God who delights in mercy, and judgment is His strange work.” ~Jonathan Edwards I think I mentioned it in another blog, the Story of the Prodigal’s Father in Luke 15 was shared because…

The Curse of Sin

Scripture I am completely broken because of what I’ve done. Gloom is all around me. My sins have bent me over to the ground. ~Psalm 38:6, TPT Quote There is no pleasure in sin once you understand the consequences. ~Ya’akov When we moved here 20 plus years ago, there was a pretty flower that bloomed each spring…

Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Scripture You carefully study the Scriptures. You think that they give you eternal life. These same Scriptures tell about me! But you refuse to come to me to have that life. ~John 5:39-40, ERV Quote He who has Christ and everything else, has no more than he who has Christ only. ~C.S. Lewis Few things are…

Refusing A Gift

Scripture For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. ~Romans 6:23, NLT Quote A person who has given himself entirely to Jesus Christ will never think that he has done too much for Him. ~Henry Scougal I read a devotion yesterday that…

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…

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,…