Turn again, and tell Hezekiah, the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.” 1 Kings 20:5. God hears the…
“But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.” Psalm 73:28 We all must be brutally honest with ourselves sometimes, especially when we witness the inequalities and ill treatment faced by so many in our world. Even…
“If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.” John 14:14 If we visit the bank to cash a check, the bank honors it based on the account of the check’s writer. Similarly, we have a spiritual account with God. Through prayer, we are invited to approach God confidently, not on…
“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2 There is a still place way deep down in the soul that the beloved child of God can run for refuge. There is a beautiful song “I Look…
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 The Church—the body of born-again believers—has great assurance in the sovereignty and omnipotence of God. We can stand still, worship, and trust Him in all things. His beloved children continue to…
“Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?” Jeremiah 8:22. Weakness can be defined as ineptitude, frailty, sickness, tiredness, deficiency, or imperfection. These words express a lack of strength in a physical, spiritual, or mental sense. It is inevitable…
“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Psalms30:5. “Don’t worry, be happy” was a popular saying some years back; I surmise it meant, regardless of your life circumstances, just be happy in it all. But that idea is…
“He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” Psalms 23:3 Spiritual restoration means bringing something back to its original owner, place, or condition. In Psalm 23, David compares a shepherd’s care for his sheep to the loving and protective care God gives to His children. Sheep are…
“But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Job 23:10 There is nowhere that we’ve read that in this life the sun would shine always; the rain falls on the just as well as the unjust. The book of Job gives us an astounding…
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.” Psalm 34:19. The book of Job gives us an account of how God is in sovereign control of all things; we are able to see how He orchestrates the affairs of Job and allows Satan to touch everything that…
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