“…upon this rock I will build My church.” Matthew 16:18 Dear Ones: At the culmination of the seventy years of Israel’s exile from the Jerusalem and the promised land, the Lord raised up several men to be instruments through and by which, He would rebuild the city, and the nation. In Zechariah 1:16, we read: …
“And now come I to Thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves.” John 17:13 Dear Ones: Christianity always begins with WHO God is, what He has done, expressed by what He declares. Since He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, there is depthless…
“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all-sufficiency in all things, may abound in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 Dear Ones: If encouragement is what we need, then the truths expressed in the aforementioned verse should be the bedrock upon which we take our stand. In…
“Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.” 1 Kings 18:38 Dear Ones: There is a big difference between the fire that comes from heaven, and man who tries to light a fire…
“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” 1 John 4:9-10 Dear…
“Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 1:7,8 Dear Ones: How important is a greeting? We might qualify that question by asking another: “What is the importance of the content of the greeting?” If we look at this simple subject just from a natural standpoint, the answers…
“…Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, ‘Be thou removed…’” (Mark 11:23, “…say unto them, ‘O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.’” Ezekiel 37:4 Dear Ones: Throughout Scripture we find individuals of faith asking God to reveal to them His ways, for they have discovered that “His ways are not our ways.” God…
“And immediately Jesus stretched forth His hand, and caught him, and said unto him, ‘O you of little faith, why did you doubt?’” Matthew 14:31 Dear Ones: We all have our limits, and we are all faced with the age-old issue of believing God a “little.” Why is it, that the object of our faith,…
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (of the flesh), but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.” 2 Corinthians 10:4 Dear Ones: It would be a very naive thought to believe that the spiritual conflict that Christ knew, lived, and overcame, is not our own. We can say with certainty,…
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 Dear Ones: There is a miracle awaiting to occur every morning between God and man, specifically the believer. It is one that is as certain as the power…