Discipline Is On YOU!

Scripture Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives’ tales. Instead, train yourself to be godly. ~1 Timothy 4:7, NLT Quote All believers should have a ever increasing desire to know Christ better and to be like Him as much as possible. ~Donald S. Whitney For most of my life I was…

A Wonderful Promise

Scripture The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” ~Exodus 33:14, NIV Quote “We may not always feel His presence, but His promise is greater than our perception.”— Corrie ten Boom God’s promises are comforting and when I read the one above a few days ago, I could…

Surrendered Lives

Scripture Your favor will fall like rain upon our surrendered lives, life showers reviving the earth. ~Psalm 72:6, Passion Quote The greatest of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender. ~William Booth I want to change one word in the above quote and I don’t think General Booth would have any objections: “The…

A Crooked and Perverse Generation

Scripture “Listen, O heavens, and I will speak! Hear, O earth, the words that I say! Let my teaching fall on you like rain; let my speech settle like dew.” ~Deuteronomy 32:1-2, NLT Quote What is the world coming to? I will tell you in a word…JESUS! ~Adrian Pierce Rogers Moses was a prophet, priest and…

Sovereign Love

Scripture When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life. ~Genesis 17:1, NLT Quote To doubt the sovereignty of God is to doubt God Himself. ~Ya’akov There is a difference between Calvinist: they are not all the same. I…

Dog Eat Dog World

Scripture My enemies come out at night, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets.They scavenge for food but go to sleep unsatisfied. ~Psalm 59:14-15, NLT Quote As good men in concert make one another better; so bad people in concert make one another worse. ~Matthew Henry David was married to Saul’s daughter Micah and…

Loneliness

Scripture  Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” ~Genesis 2:18, NLT Quote We use the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. Solitude is the word we use to express the glory of being…

Wisdom From Above

Scripture But the wisdom that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, and without hypocrisy. ~James 3:17, GBV Quote The wisdom from above is the faith that works by love. ~Charles Wesley I love to compare list; especially when I find…

Spiritual Sloth

Scripture By slouthfulness the roof of a house goeth to decay, and by the idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. ~Ecclesiastes 10:18, Geneva Bible Quote Spiritual sloth is a hard-bitten, joyless apathy of spirit and there is a lot of it around today in Christian circles. ~J.I. Packer I bet you are like…

Ignorance Can Be Bliss

Scripture The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow. ~Ecclesiastes 1:18, NLT Quote God in His wisdom–to teach us humility and to walk by faith–has hid from us almost everything that we would like to know. ~J.I. Packer James Innell Packer was one very intelligent man in my opinion. I…