THE JOY OF CHILDREN! May you see your children’s children! —Psalm 128:6             As a follower of Jesus it is so exciting to see my children having children.  But what a joy is must be to see your children’s children having children!  The Psalmist’s desire was that we might see our children’s children and that has happened for me and this brings me to rejoicing.  To be able to watch my grandchildren to grow and learn is incredibly satisfying.  We are told that “children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward” (Psalm 127:3).  It is the Lord who forms a child in the womb…

OUR LORD DESIGNED MOTHERS TO BE MOTHERS Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. —Psalm 127:3             The fruit of a garden or orchard brings great joy.  How much more do children to their mothers?  When a child is born there is great joy.  Even before a child is born there is.  A mom to be has a baby shower given to her.  People come with gifts for the soon to be born baby that makes one a mother.  Presents are open by the mom to be for the baby to be.  There are ooohs and aaahs as gifts of clothing, blankets…

GOD IS IN CONTROL! Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?  Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?  Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing?  Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the LORD has done it? —Amos 3:3-6             Now here is something for us to think about! —Does disaster come to a city,…

WARNING!  JUDGMENT IS COMING!  BE SAVED! The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.  And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the LORD calls. —Joel 2:31-32 Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.  The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. —Joel…

NO UNDERSTANDING LEADS TO RUIN! A people without understanding will come to ruin. —Hosea 4:14             How else could it end?  If people do not understand who the Lord is and our responsibility to Him then it will not end well.  We were designed by the Lord God Almighty to have relationship with Him and so those “ensnared by Satan being held captive to do his will” will come to ruin (II Timothy 2:26).  Satan is a destroyer and will destroy as many people as he can.  Satan entices people with pleasantries of the flesh in order to enslave them and lead them to destruction             Look around you.  See…

BE GLAD WITH GOD’S PEOPLE IN HIS PRESENCE! I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” –Psalm 122:1             It is wonderful to be with the people of God in the presence of the Lord.  This is just a taste of what glory will be like.  Think of it… we will one day be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ forever.              Do you now look forward to meeting with God’s people together in His presence?  If not, then something is surely wrong in your life!  To be with the people of God is to be accepted, loved…

HELP COMES FROM OUR LORD GOD ALMIGHTY! I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. —Psalm 121:1-2             Where do I find my help?  Who is my help?  Is there anyone I can trust 100% for help?  Is there anyone there all the time for me?  Yes, “My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.”  He is the One who said, “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you” (Hebrews 13:3) and “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your…

JESUS IS COMING WITH REWARD AND RECOMPENSE Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. —Isaiah 62:11 See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power, and he rules with a mighty arm. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him. —Isaiah 40:10 He repays everyone for what they have done; he brings on them what their conduct deserves. —Job 34:11 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done? —Proverbs 24:12 For…

SHINING THROUGH SERVANTHOOD Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the LORD?  “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?  Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide…

LIVE ACCORDING TO HIS THOUGHTS, WORDS AND HIS WAYS! Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.  Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.  “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.  “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. —Isaiah 55:6-9             People want to live their own way according to…