Monthly Archives: January 2017
A Great God – Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: – Deuteronomy 10:17 Meditation: Praise God for His mercy! While His ways are higher than our ways, He is not beyond feeling or sympathizing with our weaknesses. […]
Think on these things – Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. – Philippians 4:8 Meditation: When I was a boy, I sometimes found […]
The Ancient Landmark – Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. – Proverbs 22:28 Meditation: Have you ever been lost? In today’s world of GPSs and online mapping options, getting lost has become somewhat difficult for anyone with the right access. However, even these advanced technologies have errors, and nothing can replace a good road sign when […]
Better Things – Hebrews 11:40
Hebrews 11:40 – God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. Meditation: In ancient times, the revelation of God and His Word were largely limited to the Israelites and their forefathers. Few others received the same level of grace shown to Jacob’s children. As a […]
He Is Faithful Who Promised – Hebrews 11:11
Hebrews 11:11 – Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Meditation: Yesterday I had the privilege of preaching about Sarah, the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. She was an extraordinarily faithful […]
Fruit – Matthew 7:16
Matthew 7:16 – Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Meditation: False doctrines, prophecies, quotes, and bad interpretations have been a plague upon the Church throughout history. Mismanagement of the truth including lazy, poor, and purposely misleading explanations are dangerous and damaging to our reputation […]
Joy – 1 Chronicles 29:9
1 Chronicles 29:9 – Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord : and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. Meditation: Where does joy come from? I do not mean happiness but rather the hard to define quality that can endure hardship […]
Mine – Haggai 2:8
Haggai 2:8 – The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts. Meditation: Have you ever spent much time reading the book of Haggai or the other minor prophetic books of the Bible? If you have, then you will know that they can be rather gloomy filled with proclamations of […]
Study, Don’t Be Ashamed – 2 Timothy 2:15
2 Timothy 2:15 – Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Meditation: Timothy was a disciple of the Apostle Paul who was ordained to serve some of the churches that Paul had helped to establish during his many travels. Paul loved and […]
Water and Feed the Sheep – Genesis 29:7
Genesis 29:7 – And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. Meditation: Jesus Christ came to give life and truth to God’s people. He came at just the right time. The Good News of […]
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