COME SEE! Come and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. —Psalm 66:16  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOmLvpAZcmY             I had to chuckle and at the same time had a sense of sadness when I was glancing though my high school yearbook recently.   With the lifestyle I was living, with the attitude that went along with it, I did not want my senior picture taken.   Not sure who decided to put the cartoonish picture where my picture would be, but it both saddened me and made me laugh.   It saddens me because apparently the picture depicted how I was seen at the…

BE COURAGEOUS! Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. —Joshua 1:9 Be strong and courageous… —Joshua 1:6 Above all, be strong and very courageous… —Joshua 1:7 …Above all, be strong and courageous! —Joshua 1:18 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. —Ephesians 6:10 God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”   So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” —Hebrews 13:5-6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46DFLM4ucgE             Courage… is…

GIVE GOD THE GLORY DUE HIS NAME! “Our hand is triumphant, it was not the LORD who did all this.” —Deuteronomy 32:27 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand. —Deuteronomy 32:39 He said to them, “Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law. For it is no empty word for you, but your very life,…

THY WORD IS TRUTH! But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it. —Deuteronomy 30:14 But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes…

THE FOLLOWER OF CHRIST’S FOCUS. The LORD will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in all that you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and perish quickly on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken me. —Deuteronomy 28:20 For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah —Psalm 62:5-8             As…

TREASURED AND CHANGED! And the LORD has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments. —Deuteronomy 26:18             I am so glad that is how our Lord thinks of me! He is my comfort, my peace, my security, my Friend as well as my Lord. I love You Lord. I am so grateful for what You have done, are doing and will do in and through my life… and it is all because of You! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsQmsEE_2-s A LIFE IS CHANGED By Ted White I was a junior in High School when my Grandfather…

ABUSIVE DESTRUCTION OF PEOPLE’S LIVES! A woman shall not wear a man’s garment, nor shall a man put on a woman’s cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God. —Deuteronomy 22:5             That which God has designed is being trampled on. Those in leadership positions are not adhering to what our Lord God Almighty has purposed— whether it is government leaders or parents.   Instead they are rebelling against Him and advancing wicked ideas contrary to what God has spoken. They are seeking to take the place of God and are writing their own ungodly decrees. There is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes…

HIS INVALUABLE WORD!  And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests. And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them, that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his kingdom,…

GOD’S PEOPLE ARE TO BE GENEROUS! As the LORD your God has blessed you, you shall give to him. —Deuteronomy 15:14 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. —I John 3:17-18             How has God blessed you? Are you blessing others? When was the last time you gave to someone who had a need? Ok… we give regularly to and through our local church, but I am not talking about that. I am…

BE STEADFAST IN HIS PURPOSES FOR YOU! I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. —Psalm 57:2 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast! I will sing and make melody! —Psalm 57:7             As some has once said, “The Christian walk is an endurance race, not a sprint” —or something like that. The point is as followers of Jesus this is a life-long life-style and not some brief lived fad. Is your heart steadfast; an unwavering and fixedness on His purposes for you. Yes, He has specific purposes for you (Matthew 22:37-40; 28:16-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 12:1-2; Ephesians 2:10; I…