“O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” 2 Kings 6:17 The king of Syria is perplexed as to how the king of Israel is evading him and his army. When he learns that the prophet Elisha is foiling his attacks, he sends his horses, a great army, and chariots at...
From the survey last week, seven responses netted forty-nine words, including three of my own that were different than your lists. I asked for words from a Christian view that are important to our relationship with God and others. Over the weekend I wondered and...
I approach this subject as I do all others concerning the kingdom of God. I am as a sheep led by that great shepherd of the sheep, the Lord Jesus Christ; and also a servant of the one who has saved me from the slaughter. No longer one who leads and teaches, now I see...
BEGOTTEN is not a word used every day but one that all Christians should know as it speaks of our birth into the kingdom of God. The Old Testament has only a few references to this word concerning men who have begotten children. One reference in Psalm 2:7 and...
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...
"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...
“The mystery of grace teaches us that as we lose ourselves in the overwhelming greatness of redeeming love, humility becomes to us the consummation of everlasting blessedness and adoration.” Let us memorize and meditate on this statement by which Murray begins his...
Humility -- the Beauty of Holiness (audio) by Andrew Murray became a gripping study for me over twenty years ago. In those first years, the conviction of my own need for this trait of the Christian life led me to study and memorize particular quotes. These were...
Dear Ansley, When you were a child, you asked me, “Gramama, what is beauty?” I did not have an answer then and twenty years later, I am still learning. I grew up hearing that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. “Beauty is only skin deep.” “Beauty is where you find...