“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18) The battleground will always begin with pride. A babe in Christ must choose to be grateful. A young man of the faith must choose to be forgiving. …
“And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:27) I can speak to and about the “baby boomer generation” for I am one. Looking back on the cultural revolution of the 1960’s …
“O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.” (Psalm 96:9) Holiness seems to be something that is too high as it is so majestic and austere that it subdues our heart and terrifies …
“…, I have seen Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing by Him, on His right and on His left;” (1 Kings 22:19) Israel’s prophet Micaiah prophesies against the King of Israel, King Ahab. …
“As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his …
“In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.” (Isaiah 6:1) When King Uzziah saw a vision of the Lord God Almighty upon …
What do we desire? God has filled our being with desires, all for the purpose of living a life of grace and faith, thus bringing glory to HIS name. But if our desires are fulfilled in God-forbidden ways, then our …
“Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and …
Eternity invades time and God is known. HE reveals just a tiny glimmer of HIS greatness, HIS love, HIS mercy, HIS willingness to forgive to the soul of man. In that ever so brief a moment that will forever stay …
Are you learning the worth of humility by not murmuring and complaining about your present trials and tribulations? This is a very big faith choice step. Do you recognize this as a need? I need to learn to glory in …
Believers have a very difficult time glorying in the fact that God is teaching them the worth of humility. This is painful. Think back upon the last few days even the last few months and see if you can identify …
An emotionally and spiritually wounded believer will have the tendency to flee intimacy by embracing the religious activities of their lives instead of focusing on the activity of God in and through their life to conform them into the image …