“Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground.He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire Him.He was despised and rejected by mankind, a Man of suffering, and familiar with …
Category: Inspirational
Come to the Light
Dear Night Light, We don’t often think about the lights we casually turn on and off, with a flick of a switch. But we live for them. It is an all-out emergency when power goes down from a freak-storm, or a poor squirrel that has fallen into the transformer down the street. As this year …
Thems Fighting’ Words
Dear Conquering Hero, We truly believe in Your finished work of Salvation on our behalf. We conclude with Paul, that it is You, and only You, Who set us free from this body of sin and death! So, why this taste of defeat? Why are we breathing the stale, re-circulated air of the old self? …
Holiday Weight Gain
"Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causes us to give thanks to God." 2 Corinthians 9:11 Dear Gracious Father, Thank you for this time we set apart to be thankful for all we have received from You. There are the general graces of seasons, nature, our senses, music, giving and receiving love, …
Moving Day
Dear Good God, You created the universe. You separated the dark from the light, calling them day and night. And it was good. When everything was perfect You created two people to live the days of their life in the beautiful world You gave. But they chose to create a different kind of darkness that …
The Greatness of Humility
“David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh. And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose and went to David at Horesh, and strengthened his hand in God. And he said to him, ‘Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You …
Omnipotent vs. Impotent
“Everyone who is called by My Name, whom I created for My glory, whom I formed and made. Lead out those who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf. All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Which of their gods foretold this and proclaimed to us the former things?Let them bring in their witnesses …
Halt! Who Goes There?!
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit Who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His Own Son in the likeness of …
Blesser and Blessed
“Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble. The Lord protects and preserves them—they are counted among the blessed in the land—He does not give them over to the desires of their foes. The Lord sustains them in all their trials and restores them from their …
The Remedy
“My tears have been my food day and night, While people say to me all day long, ‘Where is your God?’ These things I remember as I pour out my soul: How I used to go to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise… Why, my soul, are you downcast...put your hope in God, For I will yet …