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Meditate on Psalm 18:1-2: “I will love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my Rock and Fortress and my Deliverer; my GOD, my Strength, in whom I will trust; my Shield and the Horn Of My Salvation, my Stronghold.” 1. THE LORD IS MY ROCK FOUNDATION - The Hebrew word...
How much evidence do you need to prove a fact? Put the emphasis on the word, ‘you’, and read the question again and you will be surprised at the answer. Most people seem to believe that black holes exist in the universe. These holes are said to be so dense that...
Christmas is close and it always reminds me of harvesting. Where I grew up, the cereal crops were ready for harvest around Christmas time and whenever I think of harvesting, I think of Ruth. Ruth, the Moabite, no stranger to grief, still grieving the lost trinity of...
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" (2 Cor 5:17 NIV) I have noticed something recently. I am not as angry as I used to be. I am not as grouchy either. I don’t complain nearly as much as I used to. I am...
"And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, 'Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you...
Dwight L. Moody's favorite verse was Isaiah 12:2: "I will trust, and not be afraid." He used to say: "You can travel first-class or second-class to heaven. Second class is, "What time I am afraid, I will trust." First class is, "I will trust, and not be afraid."" That...
"Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.". (2 Corinthians 12:8, 9a) Sometimes God says “No.” Over the years, I have pleaded to God for the healing of...
1 CROSS + 3 NAILS = 4 GIVEN Math has never been my forte. I required tutors just to get past basic college algebra. I would remember how hard I would study only to develop a blank mind on the day of the test. Somehow the professor took sympathy on a woman turning 50...
Some people have dual citizenship, that is, they are equally citizens of two different countries at the same time. They can have passports to each and can claim each country as ‘theirs’ with whatever rights and privileges apply. They have the right to a sort of...
"Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7 NKJV) The story goes that a nurse, who was new on the job, was working at the hospital desk when she heard a voice say: “Typhoid!” She looked up to see the speaker was a nearby man in a lab...
During my elementary school days I went on several field trips to what you might call a theme park called Frontierland which was in western North Carolina. It was a big fort that you could go inside to see how the pioneers and Indians lived. The pioneers made forts to...
“For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” (Matthew 6:14-15, KJV) Is there such a thing as being spiritually sterile? We have a...
When I woke up this morning, as I pondered in my heart, I had a sudden realization that there were exactly 40 days and nights to 1st January 2007. Then I began to think of the references in the Bible to forty days. I discovered there are dozens of them. I picked a few...