In rough economic times, it is so difficult to focus on anything but the rough economic times.  When jobs are scarce and money is “scarcer,” it is extremely difficult to focus on anything but the scarcity of places hiring and money to pay the bills.  If this describes you, take a moment to reflect on the side of life that doesn’t focus…

Sometimes our “rememberer” doesn’t remember as good as we’d like it to remember.  (Ladies, that is the simple and yet profound explanation for husbands not remembering anniversaries, birthdays, etc.)  Anyway, our minds grow so cluttered and so logged with the details of life that sometimes we just don’t remember.   Some memories seem to lose their significance with the passing of time…

There is a repeated emphasis in Acts to Christ’s church and Christianity as “the Way” (9:2; 19:9, 23; 22:4; 24:14, 22).  What a truth to learn in that – the Christian “Way” (capitalized) is a singular (notice it is not “Ways”) course for followers of Christ to pursue to be pleasing to the Lord. But, consider this thought specifically.  Saul (turned Paul)…

Jesus once asked, “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?…And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you?” (Luke 6:32-33).  In the context, Jesus was addressing how we are to treat others, especially our enemies.  Interestingly, the word “enemies” is used in Romans 5:10 to describe our…

As far as I can find, the New King James Version may be the only translation that puts a proper name in Psalm 99:8, which makes it very intriguing.  Psalm 99 describes the holiness of the Lord and the awe, exaltation and praise that is due unto Him.  The Psalmist mentions Moses, Aaron and Samuel specifically, who all “called upon the Lord…

2 Corinthians 5:17 is one of the most wonderful passages in all of Scripture – “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”  Christians are new creatures in the eyes of God, for we have been reconciled to God—changed from enmity to friendship (5:14-21).  Therefore, while he may…

Ten times in Scripture a reader will find this petition addressed to God, “Be merciful to me,” and over half of them come from David’s pen.  One such passage is Psalm 56, where David cries out for mercy from his enemies.  His enemies, he said, “…would swallow me up…would hound me all day…fight against me…they twist my words; all their thoughts are…

The story of Gideon’s initial hesitation to fully trust the promise of God has many lessons that we can learn.  Obviously, there is the lesson that we need to trust God and His Word fully, no matter what!  One wonderful part of this story is that even after Gideon doubted and then put God to the test, God still loved him and…