There are times when a Bible verse grabs hold of you and won’t let go. You just can’t read past it, even if you’ve done so many times before.
That’s the Holy Spirit, your personal helper in all things concerning walking with God, saying, “Let’s park here for awhile; I have some things to teach you.” What follows is what the Spirit taught me when He pulled me aside for our lesson on sacrifices of righteousness.
Covenant relationship looks like this: if I give of myself to take care of my covenant partner, tending to their needs and desires; and they give themselves to caring for me, we are both satisfied! We love well. We have mutual joy. There will be no no lack, no sorrow, no striving. God’s definitions of …
One day, the Lord revealed to the Prophet Isaiah everything causes Him to delight in His servant, His “chosen one.” It is recorded in Isaiah 42: Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight. I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations. …
Isaiah 50:4 (NASB) says:
He awakens Me morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
The Lord God has opened My ear;
And I was not disobedient
Nor did I turn back.
This is just one of many scriptures that validates my faith that the Lord desires a relationship of personal communication with me.
When I awaken, I never awaken alone; He is with me. The quiet of the morning, before the day fully stirs in and around me, is an ideal time to listen for His voice. His voice is there for the one who says, “I am your disciple. I believe you want to lead and teach me. I am listening, Lord.”
Based on what we see and hear at our counseling table, it seems that many Bible-reading, church-going people do not really live by faith. Yes, they clearly believe IN Christ; but their habitual behavior reveals that they do not live by faith in Emmanuel, the Christ who is present with them. One who genuinely believes …
Our Passover/Easter season was extra special this year. We enjoyed an elegant, meaningful and joyful Seder meal with several dozen brothers and sisters in Christ on Good Friday, then joined other worshipping friends for a sunrise service and breakfast early Easter morning, and finished at a local church with a celebration of Christ’s resurrection filled with jubilant music, children dancing and baptism of new believers. Thinking back upon it all I realized how covenant-centric it all is…. in a small way we moved from one covenant snapshot to another.
God has called me to write, but it doesn’t always come easy. I’ve gone through a season of really struggling with the writing lately. Even after clearing my schedule to make more time for it, and my dear hubby throwing all of his support behind me in this, I kept hitting a wall I couldn’t …
Lord, increase our faith! Luke 17:5 When the disciples cried out to the Lord in this way, was it because they hadn’t been able to heal someone or drive out a tormenting spirit? No…. it was because he had just told them that forgiveness should be continually extended to those who ask, even if you’ve …
