When I kept silence [before I confessed], my bones wasted away through my groaning all the day long. For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! – Psalm 32:3-4, Amplified Bible (AMP) There have been many… Continue reading This is one way you DON’T want God’s hand upon you.
Category: Submission
Don’t be a spiritual litter bug.
16 But to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite My statutes or take My covenant or pledge on your lips, 17 Seeing that you hate instruction and correction and cast My words behind you [discarding them]? – Psalm 50:16-17, Amplified Bible (AMP) I don’t like “litterbugs.” I hate it when people throw trash out of their cars,… Continue reading Don’t be a spiritual litter bug.
Calls come in two basic forms.
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. – Isaiah 6:8, Amplified Bible (AMP) In Patch The Pirate Goes to the Jungle, the elderly Mr. Missionary is at the end of his service to God. When… Continue reading Calls come in two basic forms.
When you hear their feet in the treetops…
And when you hear a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry or balsam trees, then go out to battle… – 1 Chronicles 14:15, Amplified Bible (AMP) Although David committed many sins, he was, at the end of the day, a man after God’s own heart. For the better part of his life,… Continue reading When you hear their feet in the treetops…
One person can make a difference.
And He saw also a poor widow putting in two mites (copper coins). – Luke 21:2, Amplified Bible (AMP) One person can make a difference. On February 7, 2014, 9-year-old Myles Eckert and his family entered a Cracker Barrell restaurant in Ohio. Myles was rather excited upon entering the eatery, for he had just found… Continue reading One person can make a difference.
How much money do we waste?
1 Wait and listen, everyone who is thirsty! Come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Yes, come, buy [priceless, spiritual] wine and milk without money and without price [simply for the self-surrender that accepts the blessing]. 2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not… Continue reading How much money do we waste?
Is it wrong to pursue riches for personal comfort?
I know how to be abased and live humbly in straitened circumstances, and I know also how to enjoy plenty and live in abundance… – Philippians 4:12, Amplified Bible (AMP) In a recent conversation, the following question came up: Is it wrong to pursue riches to use for God’s glory AS WELL AS to use… Continue reading Is it wrong to pursue riches for personal comfort?
May The Lord greet you with five sheep, 100 clusters of raisins, and 200 cakes of figs.
The Lord will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life. – Psalm 121:7, Amplified Bible (AMP) Even the best of us succumb to unholy anger from time to time. In 1 Samuel 25, David sought help from a man named Nabal. Not long before seeking Nabal’s aid, David had treated several of… Continue reading May The Lord greet you with five sheep, 100 clusters of raisins, and 200 cakes of figs.
Beware of giving the wrong gift!
When one told me, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking he was bringing good news, I seized and slew him in Ziklag who expected me to give him a reward for his news. How much more—when wicked men have slain a just man in his own house on his bed—shall I not now require his blood… Continue reading Beware of giving the wrong gift!
Beholding the face of righteousness.
As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake [to find myself] beholding Your form [and having sweet communion with You]. – Psalm 17:15, Amplified Bible (AMP) Easter is upon us, and on this Good Friday our Christian… Continue reading Beholding the face of righteousness.