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"And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith." (Matthew 21:22 ESV)"For we walk by faith, not by sight." (2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV)Yesterday as I was marking my Bible with the scriptures for church. A scripture jumped out at me. "Oh ye of little...
"Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us." (Psalm 2:3 ESV)"Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8 ESV)The definition of chains is: "A connected...
"Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am always with you." (Matthew 28:20 ESV) "For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them." (Matthew 18:20 ESV) I was listening to you tube videos last night. The song,...
"Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name." (Hebrews 13:15 ESV)"Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!" (Psalm 150:6 ESV)Ever feel like your prayer isn't...
While in my kitchen busy chopping onions for my favorite salmon dish, I listened to a photographer’s interview on radio. He had gone into an odd adventure. After asking permission of dozens of folks, he took photographs of the inside of their refrigerators. Kind of...
“But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” (Genesis 6:8 KJV). Dearly beloved and friends,our God is no respecter of persons,but takes a greater delight in those whose Heart are attuned and stayed on Him and His loving grace.God is sovereign and cannot be...
"If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:” (Psalms 124:1-2 KJV). Dearly beloved and friends,this world is a theatre of warfare whichever way you look at...
This morning I woke up at 4 a.m. It wasn’t because I had a bad dream or a distant train whistle stirred me to consciousness. I simply opened my eyes and waited for my brain to catch up! Are you aware that you can’t solve all the world’s problems in the middle of the...
"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation." (1 Peter 2:9a NIV)A painting that an artist gave me recently had been no more than a colourful garden scene, until it suddenly exploded with new relevance. That "Aha!" experience was too exciting to...
Even though you’ve regularly seen a devotional written by me each Saturday in the Nugget, these do no weekly flow as to when they are written. Sometimes God gives me all kinds of material, and 5 or 6 devotionals flow out in a couple days. Other times, nothing. And...
I remember the first time when I was asked to share a message with God's people at a Sunday service and how I almost refused the offer to preach, because I was skeptical and timid.Days before the day when I was to preach, I tried to encourage myself with diverse...
"Jesus said to Simon, 'Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.' And Simon answered, 'Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at Your word I will let down the nets.' And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and...
"I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go into the house of the Lord.'" (Psalm 122:1 NKJV)During the COVID-19 shutdown, for more than a year and a half now, Greta and I have watched a great number of services on YouTube from a church in the Netherlands, which we...