I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine.  If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. —Psalm 50:11-12              Do you feel insignificant among the billions of people on this planet?  Do you wonder if God really cares about you among all those people?  “Does He even know me?”  Does He actually care for me?” Do you think like this?              Well, the answer to those questions is “Yes, He does!”  He not only owns the whole word, and all that is created, but He knows everything about everything.  Consider this—…

No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them—the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough— so that they should live on forever and not see decay….  But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself. —Psalm 49:7-9,15              When God’s Holy Spirit convicted me powerfully, I knew that there was nothing I could DO to be saved from my sin except to call on Jesus to forgive me and save me.  No amount of GOOD WORKS could save me.  Just because I thought that I was not as bad…

Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?” —Mark 12:24 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”  “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” —Mark 12:28-31…

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Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” —Mark 12:17              Tax season is upon us again…  Regardless of how wasteful our government can be with the tax revenue; we are still called by God to pay taxes.  They will give an account to God one day as to how they spent His resources.  Let us not forget, all we have is His.  We, as followers/disciples of Jesus, acknowledge this… or we should!  Yes, Jesus plainly said to give “Caesar what is Caesar’s.”  In the U.S. we have the opportunity “to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” as stated in…

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. —Psalm 46:1-3 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” —Psalm 46:10 The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? —Psalm 27:1              Right now, be still and know that He is…

Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. —Psalm 45:6; Hebrews 1:8              We are told in Hebrews 1:8 that this verse is being spoken from the Father “about the Son,” Jesus.  Jesus, being the Son of God, is said that “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.”  Anyone that claims that Jesus was a mere teacher, or a prophet, or a good person or…  does not know God’s Word and is someone to steer clear of.  God’s Word is very clear as to…

The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”  Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” —Mark 10:26-27              Maybe you have been praying for the salvation of a family member, friend, neighbor or someone you just met.  Don’t give up praying for them.  Jesus said that we “should always pray and not give up” (Luke 18:1).  Plainly, Jesus also said when asked, “Who then can be saved?” answered, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”  So keep on praying for that…

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” —Mark 9:35              Jesus truly elevates servanthood as the greatest focus for His followers.  Jesus set the example for us— “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death…

You must not live according to the customs of the nations… —Leviticus 20:23 “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” —Mark 9:7              Who am I listening to?  Which voice is impacting me?  The voice of Jesus or culture?  WE are told by God our Father that Jesus “is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”  Are we listening to Jesus?  Beware, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” (Romans 12:2).  Yes, the worldly culture seeks to…