Abandoned to Loneliness

Have you ever felt like Job in the Bible where your world is crumbling around you and it seems like everyone has abandoned you? Maybe like Job, your friends want to analyze why there is so much calamity in your life. Perhaps you can identify with Job when he told his friends, “Why do you […]

Sunday Praise

Praise the LORD!Praise the name of the LORD;Praise Him, O servants of the LORD,You who stand in the house of the LORD,In the courts of the house of our God!Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;Sing praises to His name, for it is lovely. – Psalm 135, NASB

Stitching Together a Remnant

The world may see remnants as discarded scraps, but God often has a different purpose in mind.

Sunday Praise

Praise the LORD!How blessed is the man who fears the LORD,Who greatly delights in His commandments.His descendants will be mighty on earth;The generation of the upright will be blessed.Wealth and riches are in his house,And his righteousness endures forever. – Psalm 112:1-3, NASB

Going Against Logic

Sometimes God calls his faithful to do things that go against logic. In the case of Obadiah in 1 Kings 18:1-20, he was asked to do something he thought would get Elijah killed. Instead it set up a show down that revealed God’s ultimate power. During a severe famine, Obadiah is helping Ahab scrounge for […]

Sunday Praise

Praise the LORD!I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart,In the company of the upright and in the assembly.Great are the works of the LORD;They are studied by all who delight in them.Splendid and majestic is His work,And His righteousness endures forever. – Psalm 111:1-3

The Consequence of Impatience

Waiting on God to act, to respond to our fervent prayers, is hard. We can know God is faithful, that He keeps His promises, yet find ourselves wondering if God will act. Waiting becomes a test of whether we truly believe God will do what He says he will do. If you’ve ever found yourself […]

Inner Beauty

As I was reading 1 Kings 6, I realized that so much of the inner beauty of the temple built by Solomon would be seen by only a handful of people. The elaborate carvings, cedar walls plated with gold, and cherubim statues were not built for show, but for God: It happened that when the […]

Sunday Praise

Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name;Make known His deeds among the peoples.Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;Speak of all His wonders.Glory in His holy name;Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad. – Psalm 105:1-3, NASB

Does God Believe in You?

There are those who say God does not exist, but that doesn’t mean he ceases to exist. God continues to reign whether people deny Him or not. He remains as the creator of the world, the creator of you and me. No matter how elaborate the scheme to deny that there is no God; no […]