The Living Word

“Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s…

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10.  The books of 1 and 2 Samuel provide for us and exemplary account of David and his character. The prophet Samuel informed King Saul that due to his disobedience that God had sought a man after his own…

  “And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.” Romans 5:11 One of my favorite hymns is The Blood will Never Lose its Power. When I think about Jesus’ sacrificial death . . . His precious blood shed on Calvary’s…

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.” John 16:20. We are living in extraordinary times. The future appears chaotic and even dark to those without hope. However, for those of us who…

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.” Luke 12:48. In our household, my parents had five of us,…

“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.” Isaiah 40:28 God created man with the intellect to acquire great knowledge and understanding. So much so that we tend to…

“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10. To be still is to be absent of movement, deep silence and calm, stillness. There are obvious times when physical movement needs to cease, as in the presence of imminent danger;…

The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works. Psalm 145:9. It is a true blessing to write about the goodness of God. There is nothing better than knowing that you are kept safe in hands of the Almighty and Sovereign God…the Creator of all things. Life for me…

“Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;” Hebrews 6:19. Anchor (agkura, Latin = ancora, an anchor) is a heavy weight of stone or metal attached to a rope or chain and dropped overboard to keep a ship from moving with…

“But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.” Psalm 73:28 We all must be brutally honest with ourselves sometimes; especially in times when we witness the inequalities and ill treatment of so many in our world.…