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They have turned back to the iniquities of their ancestors who refused to hear My words, and they have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers. Therefore, thus […]

“As was His custom …” (Luke 22:39 NASB). There are many things that have become habitual to us. If you think about your morning routine, you will discover that you usually do the exact same thing in the same way each day. Such habits are always developed […]

Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, to turn away His wrath from destroying them (Psalm 106:23 NASB). There are some who choose a lifelong path in prayer. But, sadly, there are some professing believers […]

Do a quick scan of the Scriptures, and you will notice that men and women were placed on purpose by God in various environments. Adam and Eve in the Garden, Abraham in Canaan, Moses in the bulrushes—God put people where He desired in order to accomplish things […]

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. (Luke 2:20) The shepherds were never the same. Christmas should do that to us. Being here celebrating it again, being face to face with what it […]

“His mercy is for those who fear Him from generation to generation” (Luke 1:50). Christmas is sort of an annual marker. Arriving at the end of the year as it does, it causes us to look back and take stock, even as it causes us to look […]

  “Blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord” (Luke 1:45). Elizabeth’s song—the Beatitude—is a touching and tender, yet powerful, testament to the vital importance of having fellowship with like-minded believers. We are not intended […]

“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God…. For nothing will be impossible with God” (Luke 1:35, 37). The Ancient of Days became a newborn. […]

“You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the […]

The statement “which is the first commandment with a promise” has always caught my attention as a parent and has been a primary motivating factor in the discipline and instruction of my children. The phrase I’m referring to is recorded in Ephesians 6:2 (NASB), where Paul is […]