A Child’s Faith

“Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would cure him of his leprosy.” 2 Kings 5:3 Dear Ones: At the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, he confronted false concepts of true faith. One of the principle “facts of faith” that needed to be understood by the Jews was that…


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Finding God

“And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.” Daniel 9:3 Dear Ones: People who do not seek God are those who do not believe He truly exists, or that He will answer.  In other words, their concepts of God are erroneous, and…


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Victorious Over The Nations

“I will sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.” Exodus 15:1 Dear Ones: It was a momentous day when God delivered Israel from Pharaoh and his army.  There were several things that were remarkable about that day.  The first was that God,…


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The Prayer For Change

“And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, ‘Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it might not grieve me.’” 1 Chronicles 4:10 Dear Ones: The man Jabez is not mentioned much in…


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The Essential Vision

“Now we have received, not the spirit  of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” 1 Corinthians2:12 Dear Ones: In the book of Proverbs, we read: “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the…


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Remembering Rightly

“…Our fathers understood not Thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of Thy mercies; but provoked Him at the sea, even at the Red Sea.” Psalm 106:7 Dear Ones: Several are the passages in Scripture where we find God’s command to the believer to “meditate” on the word of God, even day and…


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Who Is The King

“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise; be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.” Psalm 100:4 Dear Ones: What is God like?  Though we see His handiwork in creation, catching a slight, but limited glimpse of His goodness in and through His creation, God is unlike anything we could…


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The Coin Of Life

“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.” Galatians 6:15 Dear Ones: Many are the illustrations in the Word of God, which explain the basic issues of life and eternity.  The Lord Himself would take the common, ordinary objects, practices, and cultural conditions of His day, to bring to…


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