The Living Word

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 Have you ever figured things out and then recognized that they were not the way you originally thought they were at all- you had it all wrong; most of the times we just did not have all the…

“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:” Psalm 103:2. Getting engrossed in something, or too much multitasking can easily cause us to forget something; I am notorious about forgetting I left something on the stove cooking on high; I literally not only burn the food, but pots as well.  I…

“It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” Hebrews 10:31 We teach our children the difference between right and wrong as soon as they can understand yes and no. As soon as my son began to walk and was able to touch the small what nots on my living…

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6 It is customary for a witness appearing before the court, to take an oath; these words are often repeated: “I swear by Almighty God that the evidence I shall give will…

“O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.” Psalm 118:1 The Word of God is our shining light and teaches us how to have and intimate relationship with our Heavenly Father. Psalm 92:1-2 admonishes us to first of all give thanks unto our Great and Almighty God…

“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.” 1 Peter 1:1. The value of good people should not be determined by their external conditions. Unfortunately, the world sees good as having great…

“But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.” Acts 8:9-10. “All that…

“So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.” Job 42:12 We have heard it asked many times, why do bad things happen to good people; but the fact is…

“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall “accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11 “The water cycle, also known as the hydrologic cycle, can be defined as ‘A continuous,…

“O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!” Psalm 34:8. This world defines being blessed as having great wealth, fame, and social status. Well, who would not want the bank account overflowing, a prestigious job, and all the other things that this life can…