Category: Spiritual

  • Our God’s Healing Love

    As you come to him, the living Stone – rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him – you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:4-5. Why are you in despair,…

  • Hold Fast To Our God

    Remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age. Matthew 28:20. NRSV. Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God. Isaiah 50:10. I love…

  • The Difficult Way

    See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven? Hebrews 12:25. I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my…

  • Trust God for Your Greatest Need

    The Lord your God in your midst, the Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17. NKJV Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.…

  • What Is the Fear of the Lord?

    So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10. I ask the question in the title because in this psalm, Psalm 34, David seeks to answer. It’s a…

  • Certainty/Uncertainty

    The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. Proverbs 18:10. This psalm, Psalm 33, speaks to me of the uncertainty in our souls and in this world steeped in turmoil…and…of the certainty in our Creator God – Father, Son, Spirit. For the word of the Lord…

  • What Can We Learn With God?

    You have heard that it was said, “Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.” But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the…

  • Be Open To God’s Love For You

    Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Psalm 25:4.  Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:6, 7.  At the beginning of this chapter, Psalm 31, it says the Author is David, although some…

  • Lord Be My Help

    When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 11:2.  Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39. These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In…

  • The Glory of Our God

    Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” He took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and…