Shout for joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of His name; make His praise glorious! Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds!” (Psalm 66:1-3) Today’s blog post includes three wonderful and encouraging praise reports. It...
Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. (Revelation 3:3) Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he...
Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron: “How long must I endure this evil community that keeps complaining about Me? I have heard the Israelites’ complaints that they make against Me.” (Numbers 14:26-27) I cry aloud to the...
When you ask, you do not receive because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasure. (James 4:3)But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well. (Matthew 6:33)The Greek word translated pleasures in James 4:3 is...
Take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle them on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. In this way, he and his garments will become holy, as well as his sons and their garments. (Exodus...
You do not have, because you do not ask God. (James 4:2) For several weeks last fall, various Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts were stationed outside my local Stater Brothers store selling popcorn. We don’t eat much popcorn, so I don’t want to buy it...
When the servant of the man of God [Elisha] got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh, my lord, what shall we do?” the servant asked. “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. ...
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners … (Isaiah 61:1) But the angel said...
My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John...
Jesus: You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and...