" For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be...
Leading up to and during the Christmas season, we read how the angel of the Lord told Zacharias that he and Elizabeth were to have a child who would be the forerunner of the coming Messiah, how the angel told Mary that she would be the mother of God's Son, and how the...
“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.” (2 Chronicles 16:9a KJVJ). Dearly beloved and friends, your feet will cover and take your body to thousands of...
"Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil." (Ephesians 6:11 ESV)"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." (James 4:7 ESV) Simple truths to repeat when in a spiritual battle:...
"Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you say, 'I have no pleasure in them.'" (Ecclesiastes 12:1 NKJV)Well, isn't that verse the truth! During the last eighteen months, I have been through a...
“Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?” (Psalm 139:7 KJV).Dearly beloved and friends,as this year is on the way out and a new one fast approaching;it is very expedient that we take some firm steps about our relationship...
“The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.” (John 5:7 KJV).Dearly beloved and friends,you are not alone and will never be.There is this inner...
And the angel departed from her. (Luke 1:38b) That was that. Once Mary had said "Amen" to the wonderful thing the Lord intended to do through her, Gabriel left. The visit was over. The place that had held an angel now held what? Empty floor, maybe; a broom or a...
"And when they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. And the Child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon Him. ... And Jesus increased in wisdom and in...
"And David said [to Saul], 'The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.' And Saul said to David, 'Go, and the Lord be with you.'" (1 Samuel 17:37 )This devotion pairs with this...