Dear Ones: The One Who Saves! We are to sing to the Lord, like David did while he watched over his father’s sheep. We sing because He makes our joy overflow with His saving goodness. Making a joyful noise to the One Who saves us changes the very atmosphere around us. When we fill the…
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Gonna Praise Him
Dear Ones: Gonna Praise Him! Sometimes we wake up with a song in our minds that keeps playing and playing. This one is for today. Praise Him before you see the promised outcome because He is able to DO IT! The tormentor’s voice comes with his words of condemnation and depression. He wants to embed…
The Breaker
Dear Ones: The Breaker! Consider the big icebreaker ships that are needed to keep the waterways open in frigid climates. Before they come, the passageways are blocked with ice, and all traffic is stopped. But then the “breaker” comes with power and clears the way. King Jesus opens the way before us. When the enemy…
Snatch Them Away
Dear Ones: Snatch Them Away! The Lord Jesus is the Good Shepherd and knows how to protect His flock. His flock is made up of those who acknowledge Him as Lord and follow His commands. This is not a superficial relationship, but one built on mutual love and devotion. As our Good Shepherd, He knows…
A Great Calm
Dear Ones: A Great Calm! When the storms of life rage all about us, remember these verses. Israel was promised a future that provided shelter from the storms and shade from the heat of the day. Under the New Testament, our Savior demonstrated His authority over the storms that seek to sink us. What a…
Personal Accountability–Heart Work
Personal Accountability We pick up our study of the Sermon on the Mount to explore our personal accountability to do a Heart Work Checkup using the Lord’s teachings as our standard. Here is an excerpt of the video transcript which has much food for thought. I encourage you to watch the entire video. The scribes…
Made Me Happy
Dear Ones: Made Me Happy! The theme of this psalm is: God the Refuge of the Righteous. Sometimes we find ourselves in a battle that appears we are destined to lose. But when we call for the Lord to intervene in our circumstances, things suddenly change. The Lord waits for our cry of faith. When…
Expect God to Act
Dear Ones: Expect God to Act! Like the thirsty natural deer, we thirst for the living waters of our Lord to refresh us. In these tumultuous times, our spirits get parched because the spiritual warfare has intensified greatly. But the Lord comes to refresh us with His presence to drive away discouragement and fear. The…
Radiate with Hope
Dear Ones: Radiate with Hope! Mr. Webster’s 1828 Dictionary gives us this understanding of hope. Hope differs from wish and desire in this, that it implies some expectation of obtaining the good desired, or the possibility of possessing it. Hope therefore always gives pleasure or joy; whereas wish and desire may produce or be accompanied with…
God Said
Dear Ones: God Said! And spoke things into existence—He created them good. Then He created man in His image and likeness: to be His progeny and to have dominion in the earth. Therefore, we understand that power is released through our words. They create the atmosphere around us either for good or evil. God Said…