Words and names have always fascinated me. They make a sound, ring a bell, and become a current that carries me wherever they want me to go. Names are words that indicate relationship ~ whether personal or just in passing ~ both are functional as to their influence to...
As simple as it may sound, I love the Lord’s Day because I love the Lord. It is, and has been for centuries, the day of celebration of the finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ. As our heavenly Father rested after His work of creation, and set aside the seventh day...
For the last few days I have thought what I could write to start a new decade. I had many things in mind but no sure direction. Are eight decades not enough to praise my Lord? There will not be enough time in this life. This morning, I am remembering yesterday ~ the...
“Put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering, forebearing one another, and forgiving one another, even as Christ forgave you.” Colossians 3:12-13 "Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God...
"For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power." 1 Corinthians 4:20 Jesus, on this day of the week, was raised in the power of the life He would give to those who follow Him. The Holy Spirit is still able to work the life of humility in us, God hath spoken once;...
"And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all." Mark 10:44 “When we see that humility is something infinitely deeper than contrition, and accept it as our participation in the life of Jesus, we will begin to learn that it is our true nobility. We...
"When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom." Proverbs 11:2 “Pride is ours, from Adam, and rules in us with such terrible power, because it is ourself -- our very nature. Humility (from Christ) must be ours in the same way; it must be our very...
"And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." Philippians 2:8 “It is the sinner dwelling in the full light of God’s holy, redeeming love ~ in the experience of that full indwelling of divine...
Humility is not new. In innocence and humility, our first parents were created. They depended on God and lived under His care with all their needs supplied. UNTIL ~ In their disobedience and independence, they forfeited the relationship God had planned for them with...