Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,[a] I will fear no evil,for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 I feel like in the past, as I read the scripture my focus was on the evil not the fear. God's word says so many times "Fear not". Those things that we... Continue Reading →
Love Your Neighbors
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:14 I have never really taken time to get to know my neighbors. I mean really know them since I was a kid. I've made plans to, but I never have reached out. Even if I extended "neighbors" to... Continue Reading →
Finding Favor, a Prayer of Magnitude
Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.” Exodus 33:13 I can think of no better way to start a new year, except a prayer of this magnitude... Continue Reading →
Servants and Stewards
This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 servant - Strong's G5257 - hypēretēs - anyone who aids another in any work; an assistant: of a preacher of the gospel stewards - Strong's G3623... Continue Reading →
Pursue Love, Desire Gifts
The passage from 1 Corinthians 14:1 urges pursuit of love and earnest desire for spiritual gifts, emphasizing the need for balance. Author Bill Johnson's commentary highlights the equal importance of character and gifts. Pursuing love involves actively seeking to embody God's character, while desiring gifts entails longing for and requesting them from God.
The Exalted Word
I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. Psalm 138:2 God has exalted His Word. His Words will not return to Him void. One of the things I've learned in counseling is that biblical truths are... Continue Reading →
Quench the Spirit
Do not quench the Spirit. 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Bill Johnson contrasted Ephesians 4:30 about grieving the Spirit with this verse in Thessalonians. "Grieving" he said "is caused by things we do or allow in our lives. Quenching is when we stop the flow of the Spirit." I think in my own life, I am quick... Continue Reading →
And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. John 1:32 Jesus had the Holy Spirit and because He went away we have the Holy Spirit who remains in us. We are empowered as Christians to do the same as Christ because the same spirit lives in us.... Continue Reading →
That Power
And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?” Mark 5:30 I can't imagine being surrounded in crowds and feeling that power of God's Spirit go out. When I lay hands on someone and feel that Power, Was it my faith? Or... Continue Reading →
Career Christians
And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19 As I read this passage, I was struck that the disciples Jesus first called were working. They were not sitting at the temple studying. They were in their workplace. God still calls us in our workplaces. He wakes us to... Continue Reading →
