Month: November 2019

10
Nov

Mercy over Judgement

Nahum 1:3 The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet. Often Shiny would lose her temper. Her mother always advised her to pray about these fits of rage that she battled with. In […]

09
Nov

The Spiritual Stockholm Syndrome

Col 1:13-14 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. Shawn was just 11 when he was kidnapped. The kidnapper threatened violence on a regular basis and there was a deep fear rooted into Shawn. […]

08
Nov

A Visible Change

Psalm 37:27 Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.  Nathan was meeting his college friends at the reunion after nearly 10 years. It was unbelievable how much they had all changed in such a short time, yet there was so much that was still the same. One thing […]

07
Nov

The Prosperity Verse

Luke 6:38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Who doesn’t like to receive, right-whether its gifts, surprises, money, love, acknowledgment, encouragement, etc. But the most precious […]

06
Nov

Children with Authority

John 1:12 But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. How wonderful would it have been to live at the time of Christ and to have seen Him. How privileged to have lived in the days of witnessing Him perform miracles after miracles. How peaceful […]

05
Nov

The illumination of ALL darkness

John 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. What is darkness? Is it the absence of light? Does it refer to the nights? How can someone live or wander in darkness? Well, someone who has literally staggered in darkness even in the day […]

04
Nov

Do you know HIS voice?

John 10: 27-28 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. Christ Jesus is our good Shepherd, and we are His sheep. Why do sheep need to know and listen to […]

03
Nov

God, our Deliverer

Jeremiah 20:13:  Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. Jeremiah had some persecutors who persecuted him.  He was complaining to God about his enemies who were mocking him, but in verse 13, there is a shift in his character from […]

01
Nov

Obedience in Disobedience

Psalms 89:28 – My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. John was scared of his father. He would sheepishly do away with a lot of things he did not like to do. He would obey because he had to. He had no choice. One day, he […]