Month: April 2018

10
Apr

God Provides, Protects, Nourishes, and Preserves

Isaiah 46:4 – “And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.” God reminds his special people that he was ‘carrying’ (looking after) them even before their birth. “You yourselves have […]

09
Apr

God Revives, Defends, and Saves Us

Psalm 138:7 – “…thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.” David “walked in the midst of trouble” for a big part of his life. When the persecution of Saul was over, he had trouble from foreign enemies; when these […]

08
Apr

God keeps us holy

I Corinthians 10:13:  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. Temptation is a […]

07
Apr

God’s mercy and faithfulness

Psalm 36:5:  Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. The Lord, our God, is merciful and kind. He is also such a faithful God.  His acts of mercy and/or kindness when described as “in the heavens” means that it is as high as the heavens.  It is […]

06
Apr

God, our protector

Psalm 91:5-6: Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; or for the arrow that flieth by day; or for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. If we make God our refuge and strength, we have nothing to fear. We don’t have to be afraid […]

05
Apr

God’s righteousness and judgments

Psalm 36:6:  Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. God has the highest standard of righteousness.  There is nothing in the world that can be compared to the righteousness of God.  There is no match to His righteousness.  The psalmist says that […]

04
Apr

The God of peace

Romans 16:20:  And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.  Amen. Paul wrote this to the Christians in Rome.  God is a God of peace and Satan does not give anybody peace, so this God of peace will bruise the devil […]

03
Apr

God, the promise keeper

I Kings 8:56:  Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised; there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hands of Moses his servant. This is the prayer of Solomon in a thanksgiving note to God at […]

02
Apr

God, our designer

Psalm 119:73:  Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. Psalmist David tells God that it is His hands that made him and fashioned him agreeing with the creation of God in the book of Genesis.  God says, “let us make man in our image.”  God […]

01
Apr

Heaven – The Best Place Ever

Revelation 21:3 – And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. When her husband passed away, she stopped preparing sambar with drumsticks […]