Today, the media is suspect…they are not trusted to tell facts without slanting those facts in ways the media want to happen. Integrity in reporting the news…how refreshing that would be! When world news seems to be spinning out of control, where can anyone turn to find truth? People are searching for truth, their truth…what […]
A portrait, when well done, will give the viewer an insight into the person who has been painted. Family resemblances can be noted. Something about the character of the person will come through when done by a gifted artist. The four gospels are portraits of Jesus Christ. The writers give the reader insight into various […]
(NASB) Psalm 119:97 “O how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.” (NASB) Psalm 119:174-175 “I long for Your salvation, O LORD, And Your law is my delight. 175 Let my soul live that it may praise You, And let Your ordinances help me.”
What are some of the ways you “escape” your circumstances? Some people use drugs, others use food and some use mindless computer games. How do you “escape”? Escape for the skeptic would mean that “religion” is an escape. And that is true in one sense because we are “escaping” by turning to the living God […]
On August 29, 2011 this devotional began to consider the “Beginnings” of creation, time, plant, animal and human life. The beginning of sin and the promise of a Savior (See Genesis 3:15) was considered. The first clothing was provided by God for Adam and Eve after their sin against Him. The Bible tells of the […]
God’s promise to Abram when he was still in Ur of the Chaldees…before he left his homeland, his family, his comfort zone and traveled to Canaan by way of Haran: * The LORD would make him a great nation…Israel and the Jews are that great nation. * The LORD would bless Abram…and He did with […]
(NASB) Genesis 12:1 “NOW THE LORD said to Abram, ‘Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house, To the land which I will show you;” Have you ever done that? Have you left the land of your birth, your family and have gone to a place the LORD has […]
(NIV) Psalm 139:1-4 “O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. 2You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways, 4Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, […]
Yesterday, all of Christendom celebrated Easter…we celebrated the Risen Savior, Jesus Christ. Jesus is a descendant of Shem, Terah and Abraham. The lineage of Jesus from Abraham forward is found in Matthew 1:1-17. The lineage of Christ Jesus can be traced back to God in the genealogical records of Luke 3:23-38. The risen Savior has […]
Jesus yielded Himself – totally yielded Himself – to God’s plan of salvation. God’s plan was to cover the sins of all who receive Him as Savior and Lord. And that plan included the cross. Because Jesus humbled Himself and became obedient to death on the cross God has exalted Him: (NASB) Philippians 2:9-11 “For […]