To fear God is to have absolute reverence and awe for an Almighty God, the Creator of all things. But the fear discussed in this post is the dread of potential loss or calamity. Turn your anxiety over to God. * * * Psalm 23:4… Read more
1 Corinthians 12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. ____________ No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of… Read more
APOSTLE PAUL Paul, or Saul, was a Jew (Acts 21:39 & 22:3). He was an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 1:1). He was a missionary to the Gentiles (Acts 22:21, Acts 26:17-18, Romans15:16). Paul He was a Roman citizen (Acts 16:37-38). He was… Read more
Paul’s Speech to the Athenians at the hill Areopagus, Acts 17:28: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. _________ Paul quoted the first phase from Epimenides’ Cretica, “For… Read more
Messianic Scripture – Suffering Servant Isaiah 53 [7] He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.… Read more
Psalm 81 [12] So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels. Amos 5 [25] Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? [26] But ye have borne… Read more
Psalm 41 [9] Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. Psalm 69 [25] Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. Psalm 109 [8] Let his… Read more
Genesis 15 1 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. 2 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of… Read more
As a necessary disclaimer, there are times that we need to leave a relationship or situation for our physical or mental safety. Our obligation to forgive a perpetrator does not require us to remain in an abusive relationship. There are other, less extreme, cases where… Read more
Eli was the High Priest of Shiloh and also a Judge of Israel. He was also the “Prophet.” Eli faithfully served as a father figure to Samuel. He also had the wisdom and inspiration to realize that Samuel should be the next high priest, rather… Read more