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Like the Bars of a Castle
A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a castle. - Prov. 18:19 Offenses and contentions are like the bars of a castle. They hinder our freedom and witnessing. As we mature in Christ and yield to the transforming...
Shield of Faith
“… above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one." - Eph. 6:16 Fiery darts come from all directions, and sometimes with great speed, but they come to nothing when they meet our shields of faith. The...
What Do We Look At?
“But the LORD said to Samuel, ‘Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.’” - Sam. 16:7 God looks at the heart...
Above All Put on Love
But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. - Col. 3:14 As the salt of the earth and the light of the world, we should, above all, put on love. We glorify the Lord when we represent His love and grace. An illustration often used to...
Remember
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God. Ps. 20:7 After helping her friend many times financially, there came a time when Brenda couldn’t. When that happened, her friend became angry and said, why don’t you ever...
Power from on High!
Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high. - Luke 24:49 The disciples waited until they received this promise, not really knowing what this power from on high would look like. In...
New Wine!
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. - Luke 5:37-38 The Lord trains us to let go of the old so...
God Gets it!
For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust. Ps. 103:14 Almighty God loves and understands our past, present, and future ways. Whatever it was in our yesterday that caused our behavior of today is clear to Him. God gets it. As He transforms us, He heals the...
As We Go!
And they lifted up their voices and said, ‘Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!’ So when He saw them, He said to them, ‘Go, show yourselves to the priests.’ And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed. - Luke 17:13-14 As we walk by faith, we obey God’s...
Hastitly?
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; Whoever believes will not act hastily.’- Is. 28:16 Do we act hastily? When we say yes too quickly to someone’s appeal because...
Slip and Fall?
You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great. You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip. - Ps. 18:35-36 Sometimes we may feel as though the rug is being pulled out from under our...
Any Doubt?
But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, ‘Lord, save me!’ And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, ‘O you of little faith, why did you doubt?’ - Mat. 14:30-31 We...
All Things for Good?
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. - Rom. 8:28 Whatever we think God is doing in our lives, we quickly find out He truly is doing much more. It’s as though we walk on a...
Grasshoppers?
There we saw the giants' (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); 'and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.’ - Numbers 13:33 When the spies looked at the Promise Land, they encountered a land flowing with milk and honey and...
It Belongs to God!
Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? - 1 Cor. 6:19-20 “ Knowing in our hearts we belong to God changes the choices we make regarding what belongs to us. It enables us to...
MindFUL?
But He turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.’ - Mat. 16:23 The Greek word for mindful is phroneo, to exercise the mind; that is, entertain or have a sentiment or...
Stretch it out!
And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. - Mark 3:5 Jesus told the man to stretch out his...
Hidden?
And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made Me a polished shaft; In His quiver He has hidden Me. - Is. 49:2 Just like Isaiah, God has hidden us in the shadow of His hand. He places us as arrows in His quiver to...
Faithful!
By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. - Heb. 11:11 Sarah received the power to conceive because she counted God faithful in what He had promised...
Amazing Love
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all...