Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24) You do not have, because you do not ask God. (James 4:2) Life was comfortable in...
Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe! Help my unbelief.” (Mark 9:24) We believe … but we don’t, at the same time. Why? We want to know God, and that’s good. He wants to be known! But we somehow begin to pretend that we can fully comprehend...
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. … What a wretched man I am! (Romans 7:15,24) The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your...
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 5:20) What if all we got today was what we thanked God for yesterday? I didn’t thank God for my good health yesterday; it’s gone today. I forgot to thank Him for air...
O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter hidden things, things from of old – what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the...
All the king’s officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned, the king has but one law: that he be put to death. The only exception to this is for the king to extend the gold scepter to him...
As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth … so is My word that goes out from My mouth. It will not return to Me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. (Isaiah...
God … is my witness how constantly I remember you in my prayers and at all times … (Romans 1:9-10) In many of his letters, Paul told the recipients that he was praying for them. Sometimes, such as in his letter to the Ephesians, he told them how he was praying for...
Jesus: So I say to you, keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking,and the door will be opened to you. (Luke 11:9) My youngest son and I discussed last week’s meditation about accepting NO as an answer from God, and...
...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...