How countless are Your works, Lord!In wisdom You have made them all;the earth is full of Your creatures.Here is the sea, vast and wide,teeming with creatures beyond number—living things both large and small.There the ships move about,and Leviathan, which You formed to play there.All of them wait for Youto give them their food at the right time.When You give it […]
The heavens declare the glory of God,and the sky proclaims the work of His hands.Day after day they pour out speech;night after night they communicate knowledge.There is no speech; there are no words;their voice is not heard.Their message has gone out to all the earth,and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.In the heavens He has pitched a […]
Are you in a cycle of some sort? Is every day a tiring new version of the previous day? Contrary to Solomon’s carnal advice in Ecclesiastes, some things are new in the earth. Yahweh’s mercy is one of them. It’s new every morning. His prayers for you are new today. If you don’t seem to be in a spiral up […]
If more of our Sunday morning Meetings had been locker room experiences rather than “the big game,” we might not be in quite such terrible condition in the nation as we currently are. As long as we depend on a small percentage of believers to do all the spiritual work in the world under the authority of the “church,” we […]
One of the main reasons you exist is because Yahweh’s Spirit wants to be one with your spirit. The more you want that with Him, the more awesome your life will be. “Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be brought under the control of anything. “Foods for […]
According to Paul, the New Testament is not a newer story after the Old Testament story. It is just a clarification of and realization of the Point. For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating through the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.(Acts 18:28 HCSB ©®) But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, […]
Long ago God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times and in different ways. In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things and through whom He made the universe. He is the radiance of His glory, the exact expression of His nature, and He sustains […]
I must admit that I never sense the presence of the Holy Spirit in any tangible or proximate way. Still, I never stop acknowledging His presence. That ongoing interaction, whether with any sense of its reality or not, causes me to be more sensitive to His voice. I was struck recently by something like this in human terms – I […]
While He was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?” But when Jesus overheard what was said, He told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.” He did not let anyone accompany Him except Peter, James, and John, James’ brother.(Mark 5:35-37 HCSB ©®) He went […]
Some days, when I notice that my difficulty seeing something is caused by how smeared and dirty my glasses are, I wonder how many people noticed the nastiness without letting me know. Some days, my difficulty discerning what the Spirit is trying to say to me is made difficult by my distractions or anger or any number of other mistakes […]