I NEED NOT FEAR! 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?…  Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. —Psalm 27:1, 14             “When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’”  Jesus IS my Light and Jesus IS my salvation.  Without Him I would still be walking in darkness.  I would still be blinded by the god of this world— Satan himself (II Corinthians 4:4).  But God said,…

PROVED, TRIED AND TESTED Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind. For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness. —Psalm 26:2-3             How is your walk with our Lord… really?  Are you walking in His faithfulness or in your own ways?  Do you keep His steadfast love always in your sight?  When tests come, will you pass and your faithfulness be proved?             I recently read that only 17% of Christians in America truly believe in the authority of God’s Word.  What that really means is only these 17% of believers accept God’s authority!  So whose authority are the…

WHEN TAUGHT BY GOD WE ARE FRIENDS OF GOD Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long… Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way… Who is the man who fears the LORD? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.  The friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant. -Psalm 25:4-5,…

HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right. —Exodus 23:8 The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. —Psalm 24:1-2             Our Lord is the Owner, Creator and Sustainer of this Earth and all of creation— all that is seen and unseen.  As the Owner/Creator/Sustainer of this Earth, He can do whatever He desires with it.  Just as the Earth is our Lord’s, so is every…

JESUS IS MY SHEPHERD! The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the…

PERSEVERE AND SEE HIS PROMISES COME TO PASS! And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions. —Exodus 12:51 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. —Psalm 20:7                Are you trusting our Lord for what He desires to accomplish in and through you and those around you?  Moses was commanded by our Lord to lead the Israelites out of Egypt where they had been in bondage for 430 years.  It was a long process of judgments before Pharaoh finally let the Israelites go.  Would you have persevered when— The work was made harder for…

GOD IS AND IS NOT SILENT! For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. For by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth. —Exodus 9:14-15 But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the LORD God.  —Exodus 9:30  The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night…

TRUST GOD TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE DESIRES THROUGH YOU! But Moses said to the LORD, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.” But he said, “Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.” Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and he said, “Is there not Aaron,…

WICKED HEARTS, WICKED ACTIONS Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, “When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” — Exodus 1:15-16 With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent. —Psalm 17:4 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil… —Isaiah 5:20 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an…

GOD IS OVER ALL! When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died, ‘Say to Joseph, Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, because they did evil to you.’ And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him. His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” But Joseph said to them,…