JESUS IS OUR SHEPHERD  Psalm 23  JESUS is my shepherd; I shall not want. —Jesus gives me contentment.  JESUS makes me lie down in green pastures; —Jesus nourishes me.  JESUS leads me beside quiet waters. —Jesus quenches my thirst.  JESUS restores my soul. —Jesus rescues me.  JESUS guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. —Jesus guides me.  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for JESUS is with me. —Jesus is with me.  JESUS’ rod and Your staff, they comfort me. —Jesus comforts me. JESUS prepares a table before me in the presence of…

THE GREATEST GIFT!   And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?  He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground.  He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.  He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.  Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. —Isaiah 53:1-3    https://movingworks.org/project/something-more/?inf_contact_key=606b2c7b24a4683bd358fa415f56cf63           Rulers were not attracted to Jesus.  Sports enthusiasts were not attracted to Jesus.  Jesus did not stand out in a crowd because of His looks…

THE TIME IS COMING! Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.  And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.  And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.  He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be…

OUR KING And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. —Revelation 19:16                Plain and simply… Jesus has all authority (Matthew 28:18). None is greater than He. He is the Creator and sustainer of all things (John 1:2: Colossians 1:16, 17; Hebrews 1:2-3).   Ponder how awesome He is! He has created all thing— from the microscopic to the humongous of stars and all of creation! It is hard to even begin to understand His awesomeness. He is so far beyond us and yet— “When Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not…

BE STILL AND KNOW HE IS GOD!   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                Be still? Can you be still? At this time of the year, the Christmas Season, it is possible, like Martha (Luke 10:38-42), to be so busy with preparations for the Season that we are not still to ponder and spend time with the One for whom this Season is all about—- our Lord Jesus! He is the One who is to be exalted!            Be still and know that He is God! “All this…

FIRST CHRISTMAS And on that night that starry, starry night the angels sang in the sky Blessed be the Son of the virgin born whom reigneth from on high He came to save the world from sin but the world, it did not know This One who came to save their souls would serve them here below He taught and healed and told them secrets from above Gentle, He was , this Lamb of God with infinite wisdom and love Truth was He and so He taught to all that would come near Many believed and followed Him this One who knew no fear Others were angered to hear such…

LIFT YOUR EYES TO GOD! Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!  For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?  Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!  Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.  Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you…

KILLED FOR TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS! After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?” I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. —Revelation 12:9, 13-14             There are those…

THE DAY OF WRATH IS COMING! Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.  They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!  For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?” —Revelation 6:15-17             Judgment day is coming! Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where…

A KINGDOM AND PRIESTS TO SERVE GOD To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. “Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen. —Revelation 1:5-7             Jesus has freed us from our sins through His finished sacrifice on the cross— one time for all! (John 19:30; Hebrews 9:26; 10:12, 14; I John…