Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
Psalm 31:3: “You are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of Your name lead and guide me.” The need for daily guidance is one of the Christian’s greatest concerns. How easily our lives can go astray without the assurance of divine leadership. Today’s featured text is one of the great hymns on this […]
Joyful Devotion
It would be difficult to find a more intense expression of devotion in all of the Old Testament than Psalm 84:10: “For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.” This would be a […]
Graduation and Beyond
Most graduations are over, and as seniors you will move on to another step on the road of your lives. You will be charting your course and deciding how you will spend the rest of your life. You will have many competing views as to how to be successful. Psalm 119:9 says, “Wherewithal shall a […]
Go the Distance
This song was on the movie Disney Hercules that was released in 1997. Hercules sings this song as he is going to his father Zeus’ temple. Let’s read the words. I have often dreamed of a far-off place where a great warm welcome will be waiting for me. Where the crowds will cheer when they […]
“Good Tidings of Your Faith and Charity”
In 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5, Paul spoke of the afflictions that he and his fellow workers experienced in Thessalonica. The labor in that city was difficult (Acts 17:1-10). As Paul was having good success in the city, jealous Jews formed a mob and attacked the house of Jason. This was the famous occasion where it was […]
A Good Disciple
Elisha was a disciple of the great prophet Elijah. He was designated as Elijah’s successor but first worked as Elijah’s servant (1 Kings 19:15-21). When God was ready to take Elijah to heaven by a whirlwind in 2 Kings 2:1-14, Elisha showed the qualities of a good disciple. If we will live by these qualities, […]
“He Didn’t Go to Him First”
Our Lord told His disciples, “And if your brother sins, go and reprove him in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be […]
Going to Hell With Hypocrites
More than one fainthearted disciple has been heard to attribute his own backsliding to exasperation with all the hypocrites in the church. Perhaps they are emboldened to forsake Christ’s church by an excessive interpretation of Psalm 26:4: “I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites.” Applied consistently, however, that […]
Going for the Gold
Do you watch the Olympics? Even if you don’t, you know the general premise of it. These champions strive to go for the gold and truly impress us. As Christians, we have to go for the gold! We’re striving for Heaven and it is described in the book of Revelation as a city of gold […]
God’s Purposes for Pain
It seems to be a great contradiction that God has created us but still allows pain and suffering in this life. Suffering is a result of Adam and Eve’s sin in the garden (Genesis 3:14-19). God could have eliminated suffering, but He did not. There is, at least, an implication that pain or suffering can […]