“We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You.” On the day he heard the alarming news that a great multitude was coming up against him from Edom, King Jehoshaphat stood in the house of the Lord. With the people of Judah and Jerusalem together and fasting with him, he prayed, […]
“Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!” – from Psalm 31
my tulips opened up yesterday…! In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. – Psalm 94:19
“And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision…” 1 Samuel 3:1 I’ve been reading from 1 Samuel for devotions lately. This phrase struck me and rolled around my mind for a few days. It’s a painful and sad thing to feel distance from someone you love. How important […]
I was blessed, encouraged and convicted today by our pastor’s message on grace. Especially God’s grace in spite of our failures. A verse in Psalm 51 stood out to me as if I were reading it for the first time…(12): ”…grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.” The verse read differently in several translations […]
“Thou art my portion, O Lord.” – Psalm 119:57 Look at they possessions, O believer, and compare thy portion with the lot of thy fellowmen. Some of them have their portion in the field; they are rich, and their harvest yield them a golden increase; but what are harvests compared with they God, who is the God of harvests? What […]
Jonathan Edwards once made this resolution: Resolved, To live with all my might, while I do live. I will praise the God of my salvation. Satan is a joy-stealer. Sin is a joy-stealer. Busy life and self-centered-ness are joy stealers. I am learning do everything that I can to live a joyful, Christ-centered life. Today […]
