“…for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10 You might be in a state of waiting. You are putting footwork to your wait. But now what? God would desire that you find joy in the journey! We, as human beings, tend to seek the goal, strive for…
“Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called.” Ephesians 4:1 Sometimes waiting requires footwork. That seems contradictory, but God works in mysterious ways! Think about being pregnant and waiting for that little one to…
“Wait on the Lord;Be of good courage,And He shall strengthen your heart,Wait, I say, on the Lord!”Psalm 27:14 “They that wait upon the Lord will gain new strength…” Isaiah 40:31 Waiting, that is probably the hardest thing that God askes us to do! We want it and we want it…
“To give prudence to the naive,To the youth knowledge and discretion.”Proverbs 1:4 I wrote yesterday about not moving the ancient boundaries. In order to keep those boundaries in place, you must know what those boundaries are. I just watched “180” on youtube. Ray Comfort interviews young people about their knowledge…
“Do not move the ancient boundaryWhich your fathers have set.”Proverbs 22:28 Boundaries. They are there for our good. but how often we want to ignore them, step over them, or remove them. Literally, Solomon was talking about land boundaries given by God to the Hebrews as they took over the…
“Man’s steps are ordained by the Lord, How then can man understand his way?”Proverbs 20:24 We just had a graduation for our twins. They are 18, and ready to head off into the great unknown! (Literally, one is going to be a pilot.) The other one is going to live…
“By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for…
“Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverence, and in your perseverence, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. For if…
“…but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.” 1 Peter 3:4 “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.” Matthew 5:5 Boy! God is hitting me between the…
“Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have tribulaton for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.” Revelation 2:10…