Duplicity Revealed God says, “Quit doing one thing while proclaiming to do another. Stop saying you believe in Me if you’re not going to follow My word.” While it’s complete folly to say there is no God (Psalm 14:1) it’s even greater folly to proclaim belief in Jesus Christ and live as if He doesn’t […]

Stop and Listen God gave us two ears and one mouth. Why then does it take so long to get the hint? We open our mouths when we should keep them closed, and listen. Or we hear something someone says and it eats at our craw. So, we open our mouths and out comes the […]

A Needed Second Touch Sometimes we just need another touch from God. In Mark’s Gospel there’s a story of Jesus healing a blind man. Jesus came to the city of Bethsaida and some people brought a blind man begging Jesus to heal him. So, Jesus took the blind man outside the city and spit on […]

You’ll Never Run Dry How many times have you said, “I’m running on empty,” or “I’m burned out?” We use these phrases to indicate we’re all used up and we’ve got nothing left in our tank. It is where we can’t do another thing and we’re ready to quit. But in the Lord there’s no […]

A Soul Wait Our hope is in the Lord, and upon the Lord we wait with expectant hearts. But our wait isn’t merely physical, it is spiritual and it is a wait from the soul of our very being. In the Psalms we see such a soul wait. “I wait for the Lord, my soul […]

What Grieves God Twice in God’s word it says God was grieved or sorry over something He had done. The first was in Genesis chapter six. When God saw the evil that was in the heart of man, it grieved Him greatly (Genesis 6:6). The result was the flood, where God cleansed the earth and […]

What Goes Around Comes Around The old saying goes, “What goes around comes around.” In other words, actions have consequences. This was God’s message when He allowed the Medo-Persian army to pillage and plunder Babylon and the Chaldeans. As the Babylonians had done to Judea, Jerusalem, and the Jews, God was now exacting the same […]

It’s All About Grace Everything about the American way of life teaches that we get what we earn, that there are no free rides or lunches, and that we lie in the bed of our own making. This is because America is all about hard work and elbow grease. America promotes that we get what […]

A Faithful Remnant We live is a world fill with a darkness that’s overtaking everything and every nation in its path. There is little it hasn’t touched, and it is dragging us into further bondage. But God’s grace has called forth a remnant, His faithful few to be those lights that shine for Him in […]

When the Going Gets Tough I don’t know about you, but when things start going south while I’m still going north, I just want to run and hide. I really don’t like difficulties, but when they start to overwhelm, I just want to find a hole to crawl into it, or a cave to hide […]