The Living Word

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139: 23-24. How often do you pour your heart out before our Lord and Savior, seeking guidance? I am not sure about you,…

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Philippians 4:6. Anxiety, worry, fear, distress, agitation, tension, irritability are all common feelings and emotions that attempt to mentally affect us all on a daily basis. I recall being stuck in traffic one…

“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14. An ancient Arab proverb state “There are three things that return not: the spoken word, the spent arrow, and the lost opportunity!” this was written in 1875 and still holds true today. Too often we get…

“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.” Isaiah 28:16 If you say that something is a sure thing, you mean that you are quite certain that it will most…

“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:34. Have you ever watched a person in constant go mode-always anxious, unsettled and out right unhinged! Their thought process is bombard with getting to the next step…

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1. There is an old 17th century adage that goes: “Seeing is believing!” meaning that when something is witnessed with the natural eye, only then can it really be believed; but that is not spiritual truth– believing is seeing…

“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39. We have a sweet relief in…

“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Hebrew 13:5. Alone is defined as being without the presence of another, absence of physical, spiritual, or mental contact of another person. Millions of people throughout the world…

“Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:” 1 Peter 1:22 A weak, trembling voice is on the other end of the line, it’s 2a.m.- someone is seeking comfort, help, and a compassionate…

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you and expected end.” Jeremiah 29:11. Wait, I say on the Lord…. are not easy words to hear sometimes, but God is faithful who promised-and His will is the safest place to be.…