Dear Ones: Tested and Tried! Jesus Christ—the Word made Flesh—was tested and tried in all the ways that we are, yet He sinned not. He was tested and tried in the wilderness, then by the Sanhedrin, and finally by Pilate. Pilate’s testimony is found in John 18:38b, NKJV. “I find no fault in Him at…
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He Knows All Things
Dear Ones: He Knows All Things! He knows everything about us—every bad thing we have done and every good thing. Yet He is the One Who loves to help us. It is the enemy that comes with thought bombs of guilt and accusations of things we have repented of. When the Father forgives, He truly…
He Loves to Help
Dear Ones: He Loves to Help! Yes, our Almighty God not only is able to help you, but it is one of His great passions to do so. When you seek His help concerning anything in your life, He will never belittle you for asking. James says to ask with bold faith. Don’t even consider…
Shouts of Joy
Dear Ones: Shouts of Joy! Even in perilous times, Christians have reasons to shout with joy. We are like the parched soil of the desert being renewed by the natural rain. There is a witness right now in the natural. The Death Valley region has received so much rain in recent months that a lake…
Give Him Advice
Dear Ones: Give Him Advice! The prophet is asking the question, “Who does the Lord God seek out for advice?” As the chapter progresses, we see that our God and Father is all knowing and ever present. Isaiah 40:28, NKJV, is part of the answer that was given. “Have you not known? Have you not…
Extravagant Love of God
Dear Ones: Extravagant Love of God! Our Father’s love is truly extravagant: over the top, beyond human understanding, abounding in mercy and grace. WOW! Think about it! Paul tried to express God’s extravagant love this way in Romans 8:32, TLB. “Since he did not spare even his own Son for us but gave him up…
A Song of Joy
Dear Ones: A Song of Joy! Yes, when the enemy who has attacked your body, soul, and spirit is driven back by the power of God, a song will rise up in you and explode into the atmosphere around you. Your joy will overflow because your faith and trust in God has been vindicated by…
The Glory and the Goodness
Click here for Youtube video Click here to view on Rumble: In this video we discuss the Glory and the Goodness of God. Moses had encounters with the glory of God, yet he thirsted for something more. He asked to see God’s glory, but the Lord said that He would pass His goodness before Moses.…
Heard My Cry
Dear Ones: Heard My Cry! It is comforting to know that God is listening and hears when we call out to Him. First John 5:14-15, NKJV, tells us, “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears…
Forgive
Dear Ones: Forgive! Mr. Webster’s 1828 dictionary defines the act of forgiveness this way: To pardon; to remit, as an offense or debt; to overlook an offense, and treat the offender as not guilty. Oh, how wonderful our God is to give us His ability to forgive others as He forgives our sins through the…