I was reading John 21 this morning, and the Lord gave me a few thoughts about backsliding.  We — the people of God, followers of Jesus — must be on guard against self and Satan! How easily the Devil can create a schism between the children and their Father.  ...

I Samuel 25:3 says that Abigail was a woman of good understanding…..   Abigail had ‘good understanding’ when king David’s men were protecting the sheep of the churlish Nabal.  She was able to diffuse the situation that had been incited by her husband. Abigail displayed wisdom! She understood that her...

Psalm 139:1-16 The truth to be found in the text is that God knows us inside out.  Unlike man who quickly sees the outward, God looks upon the heart (I Samuel 16:7). Often we are captured by the immediate, the outward, or we might say the surface.  It is very...

Every day most of us live our lives by some schedule.  We conduct our days in a way to care for the responsibilities of our lives.  We all have duties that arise from taking on certain responsibilities.  These duties come from home or family, church, work, and maybe a hobby....

  While in the Philippines some years ago, I accompanied a missionary to visit an nearby area. He parked the vehicle and we had a short walk up a moderate incline to a small village.  As we walked the well-worn dirt trail I was taking in the deep valleys, the...

We all know the 23rd Psalm. It has proved comforting from the fireside to the graveside. A very present help in time of trouble.    God’s words to His people are always purposeful words no matter the circumstance of life.  Our Lord is always preparing His people for whatever challenge...

The word life means different things to different folks when evaluated.  For some it is their material things, for some it is the experiences of living ( health, careers, family etc). Consider that the word life would expose the contrast in ages.  A child or teenager would clearly view life...

I notice that we have in Nehemiah 7 two men, Hanani, brother to Nehemiah and another Hananiah who was given “charge over Jerusalem”. Verse four tells us the condition of the city.  It was large and expansive but not many people because the dwellings were not completed. Nonetheless, with a...

It was a popular phrase some years back, NO FEAR.  Common among the younger generation, I suppose, to declare by t-shirt or bumper sticker just how bold they believed themselves.     There is also a “NO FEAR” that has lived as long as there has been sin in man. ...

God surrounds His children.  We dwell in Him.  “There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. The eternal God Is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the...