Bible Reading

II Timothy 2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. We are in a battle and the enemy will attack. God instructs us to be strong. This strength is not just a grit your teeth and muddle through endeavor; it is founded and grounded in the grace that is […]

a devotional response to I Thessalonians 4:13 – 18 One way or another God is going to get His children out of this world. This is not a threat; it is a reality. For this reason, we have hope; Not a hope that is pie-in-the-sky wishful thinking, but a certainty and assurance grounded in the […]

a devotional response to I Thessalonians 4:1-12 Twice in the book of I Thessalonians Paul specifically speaks to the will of God for the Christian. The first incidence in found in I Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know […]

a devotional response to I Thessalonians 3 – Go ahead – make my day. Clint Eastwood’s infamous movie line in context is an invitation to violence, but if Paul the Apostle had used this line it would have had a totally different meaning. Paul was in Athens, and he was suffering for his outspoken testimony […]

a devotional response to I Thessalonians 2 I Thessalonians 2: For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: 2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God […]

a devotional response to I Thessalonians 1:9-10 I Thessalonians 1: 9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even […]

a devotional response to I Thessalonians 1:1-8 – I Thessalonians, Day 1 Paul, the Apostle, wrote thank you letters! Here I thought it was a southern tradition, and all the time it was right there in God’s Word! I Thessalonians 1:1-8 records one of his thank you notes. He began his thank you note with […]

God IS love. Love is not something He does, it is Who He is – an intricate part of His character. He cannot be separated from love. Therefore, the instructions and warnings we read in His word have their basis in love – the love of the Father seeking to protect His children from that […]

The pithy reminder in Luke 17:32 catches my attention – “Remember Lot’s wife“. We know who Lot was, right? He was Abraham’s nephew, and when Abraham gave him the choice of lands where his animals would graze, he set his sight toward Sodom. Genesis 13:10-11 puts it like this: And Lot lifted up his eyes, […]

The atheist may have more understanding and belief in the power of the Word of God than the believer. How often the believer says “Why should it bother them if we share God’s Word or pray out loud?” The atheist seems to inherently know that God’s Word has power and authority, and that the mere hearing […]

Read Isaiah 62. God’s eternal faithfulness to Israel is proof of His steadfast love. He keeps His covenants even in the face of unbelief. God is not defined by my standards, but by His character, and His character is faithful and true Revelation 19:11. Nothing that mankind can do threatens Who He is or the […]

Isaiah 14 We struggle with chronology in the Bible because we are time focused and sequentially minded. God, however, exists outside the confines of time and sees past, present, and future together. This is evident in the book of Isaiah and in this chapter. Here we read of Israel’s struggle in the centuries before Christ, […]

Lady Church, pick up your skirts. It is time to walk in truth. Done with wavering, Done with savoring the fruit of this world. Done with lies. You are the Lady of Truth, so tell it, preach it, live it, proclaim it. Train Your children. Gather them under the banner of the Son, Who is […]

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied when I awake, with thy likeness. Psalm 17:15 Resting in this moment, I am at peace. I will not despair over what is past Nor fret over what is to come. I am simply reminded that God is enough.

Psalm 3:2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. 3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. 4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. 5 I laid me […]

Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength: Perfect peace – not absence of turmoil, but the presence of the Everlasting Father. Perfect peace – not mindful oblivion, but purposeful […]

Jude 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. When the day of death shall finally come, And I no longer […]

At work, it was not unusual to hear people refer to things that I had said that I had not really said. Words were misquoted or taken out of context due to misunderstanding or to foster false impressions. At those times, I would jokingly say that my name was taken in vain as the incorrect […]

Grow up – Live the faith you proclaim. Display the holiness imparted through your faith in Jesus Christ. Obey God’s truth. Love without pretense. Grow up – Trust the Father Who redeemed you. Speak the Word He has given. Leave the toddling of human preferences, and Dive off into the deep of God’s love. Grow […]

My times are in Your hand: The hard times and the good, Abundant times and dry. Through laughing and through grieving, In singing and in silence, My times are in Your hand, and there I rest. My times are in Your hand – Secure and never failing, Your hands faithfully prevail. Though my heart may […]