There are occasions in life that we need deposits of courage, or if you will to be “encouraged”.  The writer of Hebrews (3:13NAS) exhorts us to “encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” How do we make deposits of courage into others or in ourselves? David’s life shows a…

Rom. 16:6  you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? Life in the Spirit is a life walking in obedience to the promptings by the Spirit of God and the Word of God. …

Psalm 100:4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise.Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. David understood that gratitude was the gate providing entrance to the manifest presence of God. One graphic event in the life of the Lord that is recorded when He ministered healing to ten lepers.  Recall…

Heb. 10:23   Let us  hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Have you ever found yourself wavering while standing in faith?  Been there and done that and have a tee shirt or two. The writer of Hebrews gives us an insight as how to stand fast in the midst…

Psalm 34:3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together. David had just escaped from Abimelech saving himself and his men.  He exhorts Israel and us to “magnify the Lord”, i.e. make God big.  Make Him greater than the circumstance we may find ourselves surrounded by. Whether it’s an impossible situation…

Heb.4: 9, 10   There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Today we celebrate and provide for a day of “rest” for laborers, for all the contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, laws…

As you might expect millions of Floridians are in the final stages of preparing for Dorian, that is still undetermined as to where it’s going or when it will make landfall – if at all.  Lines everywhere waiting for gas, water, batteries, non-perishables, propane – you name it and there’s a line for it. It’s…

2 Peter 3: 11, 12a  Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God. Our mind set as the “day of the Lord” approaches and its sooner rather than later – hopefully; ought to…

2 Samuel 1: 19, 25, 27 “How the mighty have fallen!” The church is being overwhelmed in many circles over the alleged failings of those of high profile ministries.  The responses are varied, from the authentically grieved to anger and rage.  Reading David’s “Song of the Bow” in the later part of 2 Samuel 1,…

Matt. 6:10   Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. The model prayer Jesus gave to the disciples and listeners in the Sermon on the Mount includes petitioning the Father’s Kingdom to come and be expressed on earth as it is in heaven.  Jesus referred to the Kingdom in two…