Scripture:   Numbers 21:8 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.Okay. It is interesting to note of this pericope, such a presentation preceding, perhaps even laying the groundwork for one of the most familiar texts in the Bible, John 3:16, "For God so loved the...  Read More

Scriptures: (Psalms 44:18,22 NKJ) Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way; (v. 22) Yet for Your sake  we are killed all day long; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.There are times when we experience trouble or is caught up in a web of despair. Then we are brought to a deep and sincere need to call on the Lord to send light (His light) and truth. His divine ...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalm 51:17b “A broken and a contrite heart these, O God, You will not despise.”The Japanese have an ingenious way of changing the color and appearance of birds and animals. For example, white sparrows are produced by selecting a pair of grayish birds and keeping them in a white cage, in a white room where they are attended by a person dressed in white. The mental effect on a series of...  Read More

Scripture: Psalms 101:1 (NKJV) I will sing of mercy and justice; to you, O Lord, I will sing praise.Hymns are spiritual songs. A hymn is a lyric poem, reverently and devotionally conceived, which is designed to be sung and expresses the worshipper’s attitude toward God or God’s purposes in human life. Hymns are usually simple, genuinely emotional, poetic and literary in style, spiritual in quality...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 90:12 – Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.I Corinthians 7:29a – But this I say brethren, the time is short. Ephesians 5:16 -  Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.In the midst of this pandemic, many people are feeling anxious, overwhelmed and fearful of the unknown of what is to come.  After all, we have never experienced this COVID-19 pand...  Read More

Scripture:  Deuteronomy 30:20 – TLB - Choose to love the Lord your God and to obey him and to cling to him, for he is your life and the length of your days.The power to choose seems to be one of the most underutilized powers in many a saint’s spiritual arsenal!  Many of us go about our daily lives on a kind of “automatic pilot,” allowing our emotions, moods, other people, (especially some prickly ...  Read More

Scripture:  2 Timothy 1:7 - For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love and of a sound mind.Afflictions and cancers exist frequently around the worldThe victims include men, woman, babies, boys, and girls Fear has taken over the hearts of millionsOur faith is overshadowed by emotions and feelings Not that I shouldn’t be concernedBut, He who is in you is greater, than he wh...  Read More

Scriptures: (Matthew 6: 9 (b) Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be YOUR name,(Ezekiel 36:23) And I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations will know that I AM the LORD, “says the LORD GOD, when I AM hallowed in you before their eyes”.In today’s world the name of a Person will always be noted in history, based on h...  Read More

Scripture:  Ephesians 6:1  NKJV - Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.  John 14:24-25 - Jesus replied, Anyone who loves me will obey my teachings.  My Father will love them, and We will come to them and make Our home with them.  24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teachings.  These words you hear are not My own; they belong to the Father who sent Me.  NIVWhat does...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye who hope in the Lord.You could  say that what we have now is an unexpected [undesirable] stimulus package in Covid-19, the Corona virus pandemic.  A stimulus is an occurrence which by its irritating, threatening, attractive, or pleasurable features prompts a person, or persons, toward a change of thought, orie...  Read More

Scriptures: (Exodus 19:5,6 NKJ) Now if you will carefully listen, to Me and keep My covenant, You will be My own possession out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine, (6) and you will be My kingdom of priests and My holy nation.As little children, living with our parents, there were rules that comprised of things that we were deterred away from partaking of or its practices. We can ...  Read More

Scripture:  Isa. 43: 2 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.”As I looked in the dictionary, I was very surprised to see so many words that highlight “self” which is the welfare, interests or characteristics of a person.  God created us in Hi...  Read More

Scripture:  Isa. 43: 2 -  “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.”A. W. Tozer in The Pursuit of God says it as profoundly as to what hinders us from a more intimate, dynamic, and personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.  He says “Why ...  Read More

Scripture:  Psalms 3:3 - But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.The Webster Dictionary states that a (physical) shield is a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.  The Vines Expository Dictionary states that a shield of faith (thureos in Gr...  Read More

Scripture: Job 10:1- (NIV) I loathe my very life; therefore, I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.Have you ever had a pity party? Have you invited God? Did you wonder why God did not come to your party? News Flash, God is not coming to your pity party. Self-pity at its core is a heart issue; pity is selfish and seeks to draw others in. There is an old sa...  Read More

Scripture:  Matthew 6:34 (NKJV) - Therefore do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about its own things.  Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.Over the years I’ve observed that unbelievers generally appear--superficially anyway-- to be worried about very little, if anything.  Perhaps many subscribe to the “fake it til you make it” philosophy—FITYMI.  Essentially this slogan says...  Read More

John 10:1-30The thief has come only to steal and kill and destroy; I have comethat they might have life and have it more abundantly. There is a real concern that those who have received eternal life through faith in the Lord Jesus can miss living in the true daily experience of it.  The passage refers to those that are the sheep of Jesus, but there is a danger of being robbed, fooled, and deprived...  Read More

Acts 4:12  - Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Philippians 2:9-11 - God has also highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jes...  Read More