Psalm 37: 7 – 9 Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out wicked schemes. Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret; it leads only to evildoing. For evildoers will be cut off, but […]
Lamentations 3: 25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. I did an interview in the spring about my book Journey Through the Bible. Since the book is a day by day sojourn through every book of the Bible the interviewer asked me if there were […]
Psalm 40: 1 – 4 I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. And He put a new song in my […]
Jeremiah 17: 7 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord. In a conversation last week, the theme about trusting God kept coming up. Time and time again the circle seemed to close on our learning to trust the Lord. I believe with the people in the conversation […]
John 14: 1 Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. Is your heart troubled about something? Maybe it is something personal or maybe it is something more universal like the economy or crime levels. In any event, Jesus encourages us to give our concerns to him rather than let […]
Galatians 5: 1 It was for freedom that Christ set us free. I recently read How to Stop the Pain by Dr. Jim Richards. Though my copy of this book is highlighted throughout and hand-written notes garnish every chapter, there was one page, one paragraph that was so loud to my Pastor’s heart that I determined […]
Isaiah 26: 3 (NIV) You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. There are three elements to this verse. First perfect peace, second steadfastness and third trust. Perfect peace is the conclusion – that is where we want to arrive. […]
