...here was given to me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:7-9) On a recent Sunday...
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (Ephesians 3:20-21) For the generations coming after us...
In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established at the top of the mountains and will be raised above the hills. All nations will stream to it, and many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of...
Above the expanse … was what looked like a throne of sapphire, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light...
“I also withheld rain from you when the harvest was still three months away … People staggered from town to town for water but did not get enough to drink, yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the LORD. (Amos 4:7-8) We received a postcard from...
Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures …wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds …Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted. (Psalm 148:7-10,13)Outside our first-floor hotel room was a row of bushes that...
Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD … (Hosea 10:12) As Paul challenged the believers in Ephesus to stop living like Gentiles (Ephesians 4:17-24), Dave yesterday...
Reading the Facebook posts for Mother’s Day, I was touched by the dozens of postings of praise, thanksgiving, and remembrance my friends directed at their dear mothers, those still living and those who have gone on to their rewards. I know my own mother was pleased with the visit from my...
Wisdom calls out in the street; she raises her voice in the public squares. She cries out above the commotion; she speaks at the entrance of the city gates: “How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you...
The length of our days is seventy years – or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away … Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:10,12) Our first...