Dear Ones: Satisfying Life! As we read these two verses together, we see Ezekiel’s question as he looks on the valley of dry bones. Then we read the declaration of the Son of God whose revealed purpose is to give His people life. Wow! This is good news for all Christians, today. Sometimes the pressures…
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Under Your Feet
Dear Ones: Under Your Feet! YES! The enemy has attacked you, but God does not plan on him winning or destroying you and yours. The power of the presence of Christ living in you (Christian) is able to crush the enemy under your feet. As Paul is closing out this epistle to the Roman Church,…
Redeemer and Vindicator
Dear Ones: Redeemer and Vindicator! We continue to bask in the celebration of the Resurrection of Christ and what it means to us. The depth of the benefits we have through the Cross are still unfolding before us. The curse of the law of sin and death has been broken. Christians are free people. However,…
Many Good Years
Dear Ones: Many Good Years! Psalm 91 is often quoted, especially in times of great need and danger. These promises are still alive because they were spoken to David by the True and Living God, our Father. The Father qualifies these promises with the condition to cling to Him in love. We are to love…
One Mediator
Dear Ones: One Mediator! Mr. Webster explained in 1828 that Christ is a mediator by nature, as partaking of both natures divine and human; and mediator by office, as transacting matters between God and man. As true God and true man, our Lord reconciled mankind back to the Father so that we would be set free from the law…
Sure and Fearless
Dear Ones: Sure and Fearless! Yes, the sons of Korah penned this psalm to remind the people that God was their safe haven in troubling times. Today, let us be reminded of the greatness of our God. We have a better covenant ratified in the Blood of Christ than what the sons of Korah experienced…
Fountains of Water
Dear Ones: Fountains of Water! Sometimes we feel like a desolate and dry land: like those dry riverbeds found in the western area of the USA. We thirst for righteousness and justice and find only hard parched ground. But wait! Here is the Lord’s promise to those who call upon Him in the dry places.…
For This Very Purpose
Dear Ones: For This Very Purpose? Esther ended up in the place as queen, but her life was not a bed-of-roses on the path to the palace. Then even as queen she was not free to do and act outside of the set parameters specified for the queen’s conduct. The previous queen was exiled over…
There is a Friend
Dear Ones: There is a Friend! In 1828 Mr. Webster defined a friend this way: One who is attached to another by affection; one who entertains for another sentiments of esteem, respect and affection, which lead him to desire his company, and to seek to promote his happiness and prosperity. The Lord is the friend…
Never Stop Producing Fruit
Dear Ones: Never Stop Producing Fruit! Jeremiah lived during a time when the people of Israel were backslidden. He was called as a young man to bring the Word of God to a people who knowingly stopped their ears to God’s voice. Therefore, Jeremiah wept over the hardness of the hearts of the people and…