The Living Word

“For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,” Ephesians 3:1 “Shipwrecked on God and stranded on omnipotence!” what a profound statement. To be shipwrecked is to have lost the ship to ruin and suddenly stranded…no conceivable way to leave the present location. To be shipwrecked on God is to be…

“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.” 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 (KJV) This past…

“Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.” Psalm 119:23. “Sticks and stones my break my bones; but words will never hurt me…” This is the old childhood chant that we would say when some other child was hurling cruel words at us. It was meant to…

“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” Numbers 23:19 We all at one time or the other have voiced the adage, God said it,…

“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Psalms30:5. “Don’t worry be happy,” was a catch all phrase some time ago; I surmise that it meant, regardless to your life circumstances, just be happy in it all. Well, that…

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 I am reminded of the story of a woman who had a beautiful handkerchief; unfortunately, she accidently spilled splotches of dark ink all over it. She was distraught and sadden…

“For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” Galatians 5:14. “Never kick a dog when he is down.” An old adage that means when someone is down in any state, you should not add insult to injury or make it worst. Unfortunately, there are…

“My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.” Psalm 45:1. Praise, honor, exaltation…mere words cannot give the glory to our Almighty God and His amazing grace towards us all. He is King of Kings and…

“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. The Holy Spirit our Comforter and Guide is the keeper of our souls. There is no furtherance of the gospel message without…

“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23 The book of Proverbs has been attributed to the writings of King Solomon. They are instructions of wisdom to a son from a wise father. The primary thought is to seek understand and follow the wisdom of God.…