Ending Well

Scripture Make me walk along the path of Your commands, for that is where my happiness is found. ~Psalm 119:35, NLT Quote What we learn with the mind and understand with the heart must be obeyed by the will. ~Warren W. Wiersbe The fifth stanza of Psalm 119 is the Hebrew letter ‘he’ and again…

The Cure For Unhappy Christians

Scripture There is joy for those who deal justly with others and always do what is right.  ~Psalm 106:3, NLT Quote When God’s children are disobedient, they are ungrateful and unhappy. ~Ya’akov Psalm 106 is the last of this division and again it deals with Israel’s history and their perpetual disobedience. There is a list…

Worship And Obedience

Scripture O that today you would listen to His voice! Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah {strife}, as on the day at Massah {testing} in the wilderness, when your ancestors tested Me, and put me to the proof, though they had seen My work.  ~Psalm 95:7-9, NRSV Quote It is a dangerous sin to ask…

The Law of Prayer

Scripture “Ask, and it will be given to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.” ~Matthew 7:7, NIRV Quote We must begin to believe that God, in the mystery of prayer, has entrusted us with a force that can move the Heavenly world, and can bring its…

Dark Night of The Soul

Scripture Without any light, they feel their way along in darkness. God makes them unsteady like those who get drunk. Job 12:25, NIrV Quote “Feeling are like visitors, they come and go and you cannot always trust them.” ~Moojac Job is reminding his three friends that God is the source of wisdom and understanding: a part…

Hezekiah’s Revival

Scripture Ahaz gathered together everything that belonged to God’s temple. He took all of it away. He shut the doors of the LORD’s temple. He set up altars at every street corner in Jerusalem. ~2 Chronicles 28:24, NIrV Quote The first step toward revival is deep repentance; getting down in the dust before God with…

Trust The LORD

Scripture Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart. ~Psalms 37:4, NASB Quote “The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; Who can understand it? ~Jeremiah David learned the hard way; he eared his diploma from the school of hard knocks with the colors of…

The Price of Disobedience

Scripture Israel, listen to the rules and laws I’m going to teach you. Follow them. Then you will live. You will go in and take over the land…. Don’t add to what I’m commanding you. Don’t subtract from it either. Instead, obey the commands of the LORD your God that I’m giving you. Quote God…