Dear Ones: When Abraham “…was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, (he) obeyed; and went out, NOT KNOWING WHITHER HE WENT.” (Heb. 11:8) We know that Abraham went as far as Haran, where he stayed until his father died. And then, either by remembering the substance…
Dear Ones: The psalmist, in Psalm 42, writes concerning his thirst for God, and this in the context of his tears and just simply being overwhelmed by life, “…all thy billows are gone over me.” (v.7) It sounds a bit like the experience of Jonah when he declared from the belly of the fish, “……
Dear Ones: The importance of the Ascension of Christ cannot be underestimated. However, even though the early church put more emphasis on the Ascension than the birth of Christ, I’m afraid that we have missed, even lost, the life-changing significance of this singular event. In Daniel 7:13-14, we find that, “…there was given to Him…
Dear Ones: Hope is very powerful thing. A blessed, anticipated result at a future time can carry one over some very rocky and dangerous roads. I heard of a brother in Christ who was very close to death, but just the cleaar picture he had in his mind of him walking out of the hospital,…
Dear Ones: If ever there was a reality that we must come to grips with, it is our limitations. How much of the spectrum of light do we see? A very small portion. Can we SEE a thought or an intention of the heart. Without the use of modern technology, can we see into…
Dear Ones: Yesterday we began with the question, “Who is God?” There is in that question another one embedded: “Can we truly KNOW God?” Or, do we just know facts, and some truths about Him? I venture to say, from the testimony of those who have gone before, that our greatest quest is not to…
Dear Ones: And how shall we know God, His character, His attributes? How IS He? How is it that so many have known Him, and this revealed by the mosaic of truths concerning Him, and yet, we have grasped so little? You would not think that Psalm 51 would reveal to us essential aspects of…
Dear Ones: In Psalm 45, with the evident reference to the Lord Jesus, the psalmist writes: “…God hath blessed Thee forever.” (v.2) We might look at that declaration and say, “Well, certainly that applies to the Lord Jesus, but how can that ever apply to me?” If we go to the New Testament, to Ephesians…
Dear Ones: There comes a point in the course of life, and Christian experience (perhaps at different times…), when there is a specific “call to arms” by the Holy Spirit. Often this pertains to a certain set of circumstances, or conviction, but primarily because the Spirit of God works in our hearts to persuade us…
Dear Ones: There are certain very beautiful phrases in the Word of God which unveil to us, with stark and utter simplicity, the great concept of “fullness,” and what are to be our expectations in knowing this fullness. In Psalm 65:9, we read: “…the river of God is FULL of water.” What does David mean…