“But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly” (Matthew 6:6, NKJV) I enjoy eating out—a night free from cooking and a time…
“Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance” (Psalm 32:7). Have you ever noticed how differently children and adults react to rain? We grumble as we hunt our umbrellas and then allow the grayness of the day to…
By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life. (I Timothy 6:19, NLT) I have a few family keepsakes that I treasure. They have little to no monetary value, but they do hold sentimental value.…
“I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.” (Psalm 119:158) Being a prophet of the Lord did not come with a glamorous job description. In fact, their popularity ratings would have been very low if such things existed in Bible times. Many times, the message…
Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and overtake this chariot.” So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he asked Philip to come up…
“But as for you, be strong; don’t give up, for your work has a reward.” (II Chronicles 15:7, CSB) As I sat in church recently, I glanced down and saw the person beside me had placed his cell phone on the seat between us. In big bold letters, the screen read,…
And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why…
“For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.” (Psalm 107:9, ESV). This week I have seen numerous postings on social media about a spirit of revival sweeping across a university campus in Kentucky. At the time I write this, a non-stop prayer meeting…
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11, NKJV) Jeremiah 29:11 is an often-quoted Bible verse that reassures us God has a plan for our lives. His thoughts…