"Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For The LORD God is a sun and shield: The LORD …
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Zeal for The Lord
"I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." [Rev 3:15-16] When Peter encourages us regarding trials in our lives, He compares faith to gold. He says, …
Attracted to The Lord
"Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto The Lord." [Acts 11:23] There is an interesting aspect of magnets, where if you hold two of them against each other in one way, they cling tightly together; but, …
Our Unmoving, Ever-present High Priest
"Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD." [Lev 21:12] In Leviticus, The LORD gave commands to the Levites, the priests, as well as the high priest, with respect to His …
Flourishing As The Palmtree
Cleaning up a tree-lawn for an elderly man for outreach purposes. While cleaning up the tree-lawn, there was a particular tree that was bent over. Much like a palm tree bends in the storm, except it never stood back upright so it had to be tied up. It reminded me of what the Bible says …
Abiding in Christ Jesus
In my experience, the phrase "abide in Christ" has turned into a catchphrase of sorts. It has lost its meaning through overuse combined with a lack of depth of understanding. Too often, phrases like this in Christianity lose their meaning. We say them, but when probed with how to actually apply them or with what …
Seek The Meat Which Endures
Jesus said to the people seeking Him in John 6, after performing the miracle of feeding the five thousand with five barely loaves of bread and two small fishes, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, ye seek Me not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. …
Offering Jesus a Beautiful Garden
Jesus tells us in Luke, "for every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes." Though this statement is fairly obvious, don't pass over it too quickly. We can all appreciate the straight forwardness of what Jesus is saying: no …