“The king’s daughter is all glorious within.” Psalm 45:13 Last week I was talking to another sister in the church. She expressed that when she looked in a mirror, she was not happy with her profile. I reminded her that when we look in a mirror, we are looking at…
“LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion.” Psalm 20:1-2 All of us go through times in our lives when we do not want to pray. When we are…
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” John 10:27 For many years loud noises bothered me, and I thought my hearing was excellent. As the music in church became louder and harder to listen to, I made a choice. Rather than staying home or…
“Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour.” Ecclesiastes 10:1 I’ve often thought about the picture Solomon gives us in this verse. The ointment of the apothecary was valuable, fragrant, and carefully prepared. Yet something as small as a dead fly could contaminate it…
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 There’s a shift in the air; even though it’s still 90 degrees in Maryland, I can sense autumn drawing closer. It seems like the gentle zephyr of crisp air is going to…
“Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.” Zechariah 4:6 A few years ago, while I was praying, I felt God speak to my spirit:…
Joshua 10:12, Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. Joshua was not satisfied with a partial victory —…
“For the body does not consist of one member but of many . . . But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.” (I Corinthians 12:14, 18, ESV) The Bible paints rich pictures of some very interesting and colorful characters.…
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” (II Corinthians 5:17, NKJV) A friend at work had a habit of referring to others as “a good Christian man” or a “good Christian woman.” But he used the term in a…