Our Daily Bread

by | Mar 29, 2023 | ,

In his song Breathe, Michael W. Smith speaks of two elements that are vital to the Christian life, The Holy Spirit, our spiritual breath; God’s Word, our daily bread.” Concerning God’s Word, he wrote the following lyrics, “This is my daily bread, Your very Word spoken...

Afflictions and the Word of God

by | Mar 22, 2023 | ,

“Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word. It was good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes” (Psalm 119:67 & 71). As Christians, God’s Word, The Holy Bible, is our rule for life.  Its laws, its precepts, and its...

Firsthand Accounts

by | Mar 13, 2023 | ,

When I was thirteen years old, I was a member of Boy Scout Troop #62 in Southern Idaho. We met every Monday night in a rural Grange Hall. At one of those meetings we heard the firsthand account of Jim Whitaker, a world renown mountaineer who was the first American to...

The Opening of Spiritual Eyes

by | Mar 10, 2023 | ,

“ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe” Ephesians...

Redefining God

by | Mar 2, 2023 | ,

“ Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ God created man in...

Top Shelf First

by | Feb 17, 2023 | ,

”What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all things?” (Romans 8:31-32). The verse quoted above is one that I have,...

Be Still

by | Feb 13, 2023 | ,

In the past week, I have read John Mark Comers The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry.  It seems as if overstimulation and a life of hurry blocks out our awareness of the unseen world. The Psalmist said, “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10).  The Hebrew...

Gaining Wisdom

by | Feb 1, 2023 |

Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future” (Proverbs 19:20). For several decades, reading through the Proverbs once a month has been part of my morning devotional routine. Since there are thirty-one Proverbs, I simply read the...