And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. {Matthew 26:40-41} I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time sitting still these days. […]
Hiding Place
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. {Isaiah 25:4} And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, […]
Getting Ahead Of God
In my last blog post, we talked about Abraham and Sarah’s blunder in their decision to bring Hagar (Sarah’s maid) into the plan for their desperate need to have a child. They’ve managed all those years to live without a child, but now that Abraham is in his 80’s and finally God assured them that […]
How To Be Free
If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. {John 8:36} How beautiful are those words! If Christ sets us free we are surely free indeed! No one can appreciate these words more poignantly than those who know exactly what Christ has done for them to set them free. When you […]
How To Love God
“And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” {Jeremiah 29:13} Loving God is easy. We make it complicated. We think we have to follow every rule that’s in the Bible, proselyte people to Jesus Christ and go to mission fields, and attend every church service […]