Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. ...

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out ...

To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the for...

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat dow...

In this you greatly rejoice, though for now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your f...

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” MARK 10:27 (NIV) What a potent dose ...

At once the Spirit sent Him out into the desert, and He was in the desert forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels...

Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a...

…darkness is my closest friend. PSALM 88:18 (NIV) (Words of King David) Shortly after I arrived home from a speaking engagement in West Palm Beach, I ...

Then I thought in my heart, “The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise?” I said in my heart, “This, too, is meanin...

Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all men! What man can live and not see death, or save himself from the power of t...

A Fleeting Shadow “Shout that people are like the grass. Their beauty fades as quickly as the flowers in a field. The grass withers and the flowers fa...

David went out to meet them and said to them, “if you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready to have you unite with me.” 1 CHRONICLES 12:17 (...

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind ther...

Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. He came to a groom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “...

The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. EXODUS 34:6-7 (NIV) So often during my time in the wilderness, I longed f...

Joseph named his older son Manasseh, for he said, “God has made me forget all my troubles and everyone in my father’s family.” Joseph named his second...

Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty. And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, ...

Then God remembered Rachel; He listened to her and opened her womb. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgr...

And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to c...

Through The Trials Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it...

Waiting The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down. GENESIS 8:3 (NIV) The waters of t...

Worthy of Respect With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. JAMES 3:9 (NIV)...

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. GENESIS 1:27 (NIV) If you look very carefull...

God my shepherd! I don’t need a thing. You have bedded me down in lush meadows, you find me quiet pools to drink from. True to your word, you let me c...

“Lets not get too settled in, too satisfied with the good things down here on earth. They are only the tinkling sounds of the orchestra warming up. Th...

“We are not told in the Scripture where heaven is. Nor does it matter. It will be heaven and Christ will be there to welcome us home.” BIL...

EXCERPT FROM MENDED: OUT OF THE RAG PILE, BACK ON THE HANGER BY DEBBIE WOODS (PUBLISHED BY HIGHERLIFE PUBLISHING) Available at: Amazon.com/author/debb...

So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you wi...

But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can’t keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obv...