The Living Word

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6. At an early age heading off to college a pastor and dear friend wrote Proverbs 3:5-6 on a note and told me to keep its meaning…

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.” Psalm 34:19. The book of Job gives us an account of how God is in sovereign control of all things. We see how He orchestrates the affairs of Job and allows Satan to touch everything that he has except…

“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” Romans 8:31 “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” -Michael Jordan. As God’s…

“And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.” Psalms 50:15. “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…

“I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.” Solomon 2:1 I love the beauty of an arrangement arrayed with roses and exotic colors of various plants; it brings peace and calmness to my thoughts and soul. Two of the most beautiful flowers in the world are used as a metaphor for…

“And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.” Genesis 24:15 When I think of the element of time and the necessity of being on time; my mind goes…

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help, My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2. God is the joy and strength of our lives…only His amazing grace will comfort, guide, and keep us in perfect peace. When we need to run to the…

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life “ John 3:16. David wrote Psalm 130 from a penitent heart; waiting on God in hopes of His divine grace and lovingkindness to provide forgiveness. We too must come humble…

“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;” Titus 2:11-12. Goals and aspirations change as we grow older, my parents would say, that we would learn to understand things better with…

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” Psalm 139:14 Abraham Maslow, a humanistic psychologist, described self-actualization as the process of becoming “everything that you’re capable of being.” Maslow’s hierarchy of needs was quite interesting to me as a young college…