These videos present an analogy of the body of Christ ~ each member of His church in unity with Him and each other. What a beautiful pattern we see in their movement and their power for overcoming the enemy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eakKfY5aHmY...
The following story is a result of God’s working in three particular areas ~ ~ in my studying and praying for this first chapter on humility; in my praying for wisdom to write a letter to encourage our granddaughter, Kourtney, who is turning eighteen this month, and...
There are Pro-Life rallies today in cities across our nation. As I was in prayer for these this morning, I was reminded that all who are able to attend such rallies might think of their own escape from abortion. The great abortion that was attempted at the beginning...
Andrew Murray’s book Humility is a time-honored publication, reprinted throughout the last century and this one. From his writing we see humility as the least taught and sought, and the most needed virtue of the Christian life; so it is not surprising that God is...
(Thomas Watson on the Second Petition of The Lord's Prayer ~ Thy Kingdom Come.)(5) Let the saints long to be in that blessed kingdom. Does not a prince that travels in foreign parts long to be in his own nation, that he may be crowned? The bride desires the marriage...
From beginning to the end Paul specifies his purpose in writing to those who were "called to be saints" ~ "called of Jesus Christ." Only those would read the letter would know his purpose. Only those who were "loved of God" would understand his words. In the first...
It is interesting that as we get older we sometimes return to the simpler things with which we began. When I first started teaching there were three things I looked for in the text I was studying: Identification (who are the characters in the text?) Implication (what...
This original picture was taken in Bavaria, Germany. We have never been there. I duplicated this with my camera from the cover of a Big Ben 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle box. After separating some pieces of the puzzle, I thought of the many reflections of nature. Then I...
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. 2 Corinthians 3:3. The image is beautiful and instructing;...