“You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues.” ((Psalm 31:20)) There is a place that I can go to hide, to be safe, to find comfort, to find strength, to find assurance and to find acceptance.…
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” ((Matt 5.4)) You can be truly happy. True happiness is found in humility. First, this humility is found by possessing a spirit of dependence, being “poor in spirit.” ((Matt 5.3)). Second, humility possesses a spirit of repentance. Someone has written: A real indication of true…
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” ((Matt. 5:3))You can be truly happy. In the Sermon on the Mount there is an utterly new approach to living, one that results in joy instead of despair, in peace instead of conflict—a peace that the world does not understand and cannot…
“One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion:…
“But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.” ((Acts 5:1–2)) Motives: why you do what you do. Even what is done for God. Even…
“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.” ((Psalm 20:7)) What is your most treasured possession? What do you have that you are most proud about? Is there something about yourself that you boast about (maybe not verbally, but with your attitude)? The psalmist…
“Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. ” ((Isa 6:1)) In the morass of spiritual darkness around me, a light shines. This light is the glory of God. When He shines, darkness scatters and flees. When He shines, darkness has lost its power and influence…