“Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.” Acts 8:4-5 Philip is a great example as we consider the way the Lord leads His people and places them exactly where He wants them, In…
“And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her…
“Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.” Ruth 1:6 Naomi received news that the famine was over and there…
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105 I remember the exact moment when I finished reading though the Bible for the first time. I was in my second year at Bible College and I was snuggled in bed. Up to this…
“For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers:” I Peter 3:12 As I was thinking about the way the Holy Spirit guides us and directs us, I remembered an incident that happened many years ago. One of our teachers in…
“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26 For three and a half years the disciples had listened to Jesus as…
“And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. And let it be, when thou hearest the…
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6 It had been an eventful evening for Jesus and His disciples. Gathered in the Upper room to celebrate the Passover feast, Jesus had shown them an…
God established order at creation. He is not a God of chaos; He is a God of purpose. He has purpose and direction for every person. “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man” (Ecclesiastes…