What do you do when life overwhelms your soul? When your spirit fails? When your heart faints? Psalm 143 describes David’s thoughts at just such a time. David was a man who felt things deeply, but he also reasoned through his emotions. This is one reason why we all find such comfort in the Psalms …
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What’s On Your Passport?
Galatians 1:3-5 – Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen. Colossians 1:13 – For He …
Are You Righteous?
Are you righteous? Proverbs 1-9 is an invitation to live wisely and follow the commands of God. These passages compare the benefit of wisdom against the foolishness and folly of rejecting God’s ways. Proverbs 10 appears to open a second section, and switches topics. For the next nine chapters, we will contrast the upright/righteous man …
What Causes You To Fear?
Dear Readers, I need your participation in a new project I'm working on! Our world is changing quickly, and a huge part of that change is happening because of fear. Some fear is healthy; it protects us from imminent peril and keeps us from foolish decisions that would cause pain or destruction to ourselves or …
Don’t Waste This Interruption Of Your Life
Proverbs 27:1 – Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. If there is one message that God is speaking to our world today it is that we have no guarantees of what our lives will be from one day to the next. We have been humbled. …