Dear Ones: How can we know that God is near? David was conscious of God’s nearness. “For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.” (Psalm 139:4) David was aware that God knew all of his thoughts and words. But on an even more intimate level David…
Dear Ones: One of the most extraordinary statements in the Bible is in Matthew 16:19, when Christ was addressing Peter: “…And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.” Here is an ordinary fisherman whom Christ has chosen to be his disciple, and to whom, He is entrusting the “keys of the kingdom of heaven.”…
Dear Ones: There are a good many lions mentioned in the Bible. And as we study the situations, and the context, in which these animals are mentioned, we find that God has used them to accomplish many of His purposes. Sometimes the lessons from lions were aimed at demonstrating to the world that He was/is…