THIRSTY? Psa. 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? Have you ever been thirsty? We all get “kind of” thirsty everyday but I am talking about really thirsty. I began to understand a little about the thirst David was describing one summer day when …
SAVED FROM THE WRATH TO COME 1Th. 1:10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. Our modern church world, with its sugar coated message, has taken a one sided approach to its emphasis in its preaching (if you …
HELD BY A PROPHETIC DREAM Gen. 37:5 ¶ Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. Visions and dreams are one of the most controversial yet common phenomenons of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. On the very first day of the initial New Testament …
GOD’S LOVE POURED INTO OUR HEARTS “Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” Romans 5:5 MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS BAILEY I made the mistake of running into Lowe’s before church early Sunday. I can’t think of …
THE FATHER’S BLESSING Luke 11:2 ¶ So He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. One of the simplest and, at the same time, most profound things Jesus taught is what we call …
ALLUREMENT Psa. 39:3 My heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue: Paul told Timothy to stir up the gift of God. Translating Paul’s words literally, you would say, “Fan the flame”. Paul was actually telling Timothy to stir up his affections for The Lord. …
THE CHRISTIAN ROMANCE Song 1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— For your love is better than wine. For far too many people Christianity has become our dutiful response to the death of God’s Son, that is not the heart of true Christianity. The Lord is not looking for dutiful robots, …
CHILDREN AGAIN Gal. 4:6-7 ¶ And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. One of the biggest obstacles to receiving anything …
MY TIMES ARE IN HIS HAND Psa. 31:15 My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me. What an incredible promise from The Lord, “my times are in His hand”. The day I was born is in His hand, the day I got saved …
CELESTIAL FIRE Heb. 12:2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. It’s funny how we tend to associate things like; passion, desire, joy, with …
