NOTHING IS SECRET TO GOD! For he knows the secrets of the heart. —Psalms 44:21 This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares. —Romans 2:16             Our Lord God Almighty knows everything.  For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing…

BEWARE OF THE RABBLE! Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, “Oh that we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.” —Numbers 11:4-6 And say to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat, for you have wept in the hearing of the LORD, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was better for…

FREED BY OUR PASSOVER LAMB! In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it. They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it. —Numbers 9:11-13 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. That same…

RUN THE RACE MARKED OUT FOR US AND BEWARE OF THOSE WHO WOULD TRIP US UP! Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. —Psalm 41:9 I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’ —John 13:18             It is so painful when those close to you rise up against you to harm you.  I read of this lifting of the heal “that this figure is taken from those who are running in a race, when one attempts…

BLEST! Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie! —Psalm 40:4 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the LORD!”   As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God! —Psalm 40:16-17             Those who have truly trusted in the Lord are blessed, they are happy.  Why?  For many reasons.  The major one is because they understand Whose they are…

TIME DOES NOT STOP! O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you…. surely all mankind is a mere breath!  —Psalm 39:4-7, 11                In 1973, the year I graduated high school, I remembering…

FEAR OF THE LORD You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the LORD your God. —Leviticus 25:17 You shall not rule over him ruthlessly but shall fear your God. —Leviticus 25:43 And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” —Job 28:28 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. —Proverbs 8:13             To fear the Lord is to hate evil, pride, arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.  To fear the Lord is to not speak and act contrary to His…

JESUS— MY LIFE AND LIGHT— MY GUIDE For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light. —Psalm 36:9 Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. —Psalm 37:37  And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you. —Luke 10:6             Jesus is “the bread of life. Whoever comes to (Him) will never go hungry, and whoever believes in (Him) will never be thirsty” (John 6:35).  And so, Jesus said, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me,…

DEBT REVEALS CHARACTER The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives. —-Psalm 37:21                How wicked are those who intentionally borrow without any plan to pay back?  This is true of an individual, a business, the government or anyone else.  This is stealing… it is theft by taking without any intent of giving back and it shows the evil nature of man.  He wants to take what God has forbidden.  It started in the garden when they took of the tree that God said not to take of.                The U.S. governmental debt is 31.4 trillion and it appears that there is no…

LIVE ACCORDING TO GOD’S WORD AND NOT THE WORLD’S WAYS! And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I…