“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.”  A truth that reigns in the heart when things get rough on this journey…

“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.” Psalm 37:23. The road we travel may not always be easy, but when God designs the highway, it is the safest place to be. My friends, God is doing something far greater in our lives than we can…

“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us” (2 Corinthians 1:20 KJV). The English language has many rules. Consider the word guarantee, a noun that serves as a promise. However, the same word, when used in its past participle form, guaranteed, can serve as an adjective,…

“And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God.” Revelation 19:1. All glory and honor belong to the Lord God Almighty, now and forever! In the Book of Revelation, chapter 19, a scene opens in Heaven;…

“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. Galatians 1:10. Not long ago, I came across a powerful thought: “Choosing God as your audience means that your eyes are on God, not on people….

“The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth,…

“Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.” Deuteronomy 10:14. How often do we make plans for ourselves, our families, and others, hoping for certain things in the future, especially after working hard to achieve them? If we’re honest, we do this…

“Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? And whereunto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.” Luke…

“And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.” 1 Samuel 1:10. Hurts, disappointments, discouragement, and other ills that hurt way down deep in our souls can get the best of us sometimes. But I appreciate the story of Hannah in the book of 1 Samuel; she understood where…

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6. In a recent Sunday School class, I asked my students to share one of their favorite verses, the one that really comforts the heart and places your…