97 Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.98 Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.100 I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.101 I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your…
When Fear Greets You
Humans have dealt with fear for as long as there have been fearful ideas. People have developed all sorts of techniques and strategies for responding to fear. Through it all, fear somehow persists from one generation to the next. We have heard famous quotes about fear and have at one time or another probably told…
Does Heaven Drop Calls?
Are there times when it seems like you cannot hear from God? Are there other moments where it feels like God is not listening to you? What does Scripture say about such moments? How can we establish a stronger connection on both the giving and receiving end of communication? “Shout it aloud, do not hold back….
“Funny”
Funny – causing laughter or amusement; humorous. Funny – difficult to explain or understand; odd; unusual, especially in such a way as to arouse suspicion; slightly but undefinably unwell. Such is the way we define the word “funny“. In this life, we may find ourselves on the receiving end of some rather “funny” treatment from…
If You Are My Enemy
I wonder if anyone ever started out a letter with the greeting: “To my unimportant, despised foe.” As absurd as this sounds, how do we today “greet” an enemy? Do we smile and speak through gritted teeth? Do we blast music into the phone? How about the old pie to the face? Jesus expected a…
The Art of Faithfulness
This content derives from a small group study organized by Redemption Church on the Song of Songs. The Song of Songs is a celebration of the goodness of romantic love. It emphasizes the supremacy of love in the husband and wife relationship. This also points to the intimacy of the spiritual relationship between God and…
Lessons Learned: Atonement
The meaning of the word is simply at-one-ment, i.e., the state of being at one or being reconciled, so that atonement is reconciliation. Thus it is used to denote the effect which flows from the death of Christ. Easton’s Bible Dictionary “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them…
Psalm 119 (part 12)
89 Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.91 Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you.92 If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.93 I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.94 Save me, for I am yours; I…
What Is He Asking For?
Psalm 25 In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. 2 I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.3 No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame,but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause. 4 Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.5 Guide me in your truth and teach…
Why is Forgiveness a Big Deal?
Matt 6:12-15 Prov. 21:2, 13 James 2:13; 3:14; 4:8 Zec 7:12 Luke 16:15 Rev 2:23 Reflection Take some time to ponder these words today. You do not have to go through the whole list at one sitting or even in one day. Consider how your life may look dramatically different if these ideas reflected our…
Food for Thought 