"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace." John 16:33a Once upon a time I was at the grocery searching for an essential ingredient of Chuck's Awesome Chili, which is awesome if I do say so myself. For some reason I can never remember where...
Last week, in Written on the Heart, Part 2, we learned that it is through God’s Word that He walks and talks to us. We can’t take our spiritual walk seriously without it. But just how does God’s Word do that? How does it speak to us? The Train Driver described the...
Years ago I heard the story of the farm-hand employed by a man who lived in the city. Every evening, before nightfall, the farm-hand would secure all the gates and close down all the sheds and outhouses so there were no banging doors or loose gates to cause trouble if...
"Seek peace and pursue it." (1 Peter 3:11b, Psalm 34:14b) A commentary I once read said that resentment comes from a Latin word, resentir, meaning to feel over and over again. Resentment can be repeatedly re-experiencing unforgiven resentments. Along these lines,...
"Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need." (Matthew 6:33) I was looking over the list, the never ending "To Do" list. Crossing things off, adding things, rearranging the list according to today's...
Continuing our series on the "Chess game" between the crafty Enemy of our souls and Christians, today we come to Satan's insidious attempts to waylay a believer, who has already "tasted" God's love. 1. Perception: He would always try to make us "perceive" things we...
"The Lord said ..get ready to cross..into the land…I will give you every place where you set your foot" (Joshua 1:1-3) "Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place and with your feet fitted with the...
Today, in the concluding part of our series on the orderliness of God with special reference to the perfect order in the Beatitudes, we come to the final three "pearls"… read beatitudes… Incorruption... "Blessed are the pure in heart..." (Matt...