Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? 1 Corinthians 3:16. By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Do you not know that your bodies…

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 1 Corinthians 13:8-10. I can’t help but think of…

Can you imagine what it would be like to go to sleep and in your dream, powerfully real, have the Lord appear to you and say, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.” v. 1 Kings 3:5. After I read that, I had to pause because my very first micro thought was enough…

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Isaiah 60:1-2. In 1 Kings 2 David, knowing his time to die is drawing near…

You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men. Matthew 16:23. When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and…

Do we ever consider that each step of faith is a path whose builder is God? Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him…

When I have finished reading a chapter of Scripture, when I have read my Devotionals, when I have been still with God in prayer and communion with Him, there is so much! How do I share so much in one blog? I ask Him to help me share His love. He asks me to be…

Secure. I love that word. I come to God when I am weary from sorrows that bear down on me. Sometimes the noise, the anger, the violence become too much and I am undone. I feel old and tired, worn out. When I listen to Him and let myself be still, really still, I feel…

For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13 Yesterday I watched the recorded Open Table Conference discussion on Faith in Hebrews 11 led by Paul Young. He asked us to begin by supposing we know nothing…

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. Hosea 6:6. “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’” Matthew 9:13. In reading 2 Samuel 21, the note below said: The next four chapters are an appendix to the book. The events are not presented in…