I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. Proverbs 4:11. Normally I share excerpts from my devotionals, but I’m reading a wonderful book by C. Baxter Kruger, PhD. titled: Patmos: Three Days, Two Men, One Extraordinary Conversation. A fictional account of the author, by a character’s different name, who…

Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts…

I wait for You, O Lord; You will answer, O Lord my God. Psalm 38:15. He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; He will remove the disgrace of His people from all the earth. The Lord has spoken. Isaiah 25:8. As for God, His way…

Jesus said to (Thomas), “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6 NKJV. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 8:32 NKJV. This is too beautiful not to share from You Are The Beloved by Henri…

But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 NKJV. “For I know the plans that I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for calamity…

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Romans 14:17. “Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet My unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor My covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord,…

Here is My servant whom I have chosen, the One I love, in whom I delight; I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations. He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets. A bruised reed He will not break, and…

Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord, for I hide myself in You. Psalm 143:9. You are my hiding place; You will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Psalm 32:7. I loved this from Hearing God by Dallas Willard: “Abide in Me as I abide in you. Just as the…

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. Proverbs 4:18. In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul. Psalm 94:19 NKJV. Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.…

Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8. Many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in Him. Psalm 32:10. And here, in our chapter, Matthew 5, begins the teachings of Creator God…