“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9) The big sign along the road...
[The wicked] close up their callous hearts … (Psalm 17:10) Jesus to his disciples: Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? (Mark 8:17) As a student in college and graduate school, I spent countless hours gripping a writing utensil. I...
will stand on my guard post and station myself on the rampart; and I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me … (Habakkuk 2:1) A good conversationalist knows the importance of asking good questions and then shutting up to listen to the response...
The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth. (Psalm 145:18) We have all experienced communication gaps. Perhaps you’ve faced an issue with your health insurance company (or, in my case, the DMV) that you need help to resolve. You try...
When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the Lord of hosts. (Malachi 1:8) We donated an old...
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining...
Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. (Philippians 2:4)A reader of the blog shared with me her experience with prayer over the holidays. She discovered how deep self-centeredness goes, even in prayer. Read on! Holidays with my...
Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Now listen: You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will call His name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. He will reign over the...
(speaking of Jesus Christ) You love him, though you have not seen him. And though not seeing him now, you believe in him and rejoice with inexpressible and glorious joy … (1 Peter 1:8) Eleven days till Christmas. Are you stressed? How’s...
Jesus: All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. (Matthew 28:18) To God’s elect … who have been chosen … for obedience to Jesus Christ … (1 Peter 1:1-2) During...