“When wisdom enters your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things.”  Proverbs 2:10-12 NKJV Few politicians in history have been as crafty as the man we […]

“I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me, to repay all according to their deeds. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”  Revelation 22:12-13 NLT Each of us has been given 24 hours a day. And God has given […]

“Our struggle is … against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.”  Ephesians 6:12-13 NASB It was no accident that Paul used military terms to describe the Christian life. He knew that our interactions with […]

“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.” Hebrews 11:13 NKJV Havergal Brian’s life has been called a strange phenomenon. Born into a working-class family […]

“Cast your burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.” Psalm 55:22 NKJV David faced serious problems. He admitted being “restless” and in “turmoil” (v. 2 CSB). But God showed him how to respond. He could not find relief by […]

“O God, listen to my cry! Hear my prayer! … you are my safe refuge, a fortress where my enemies cannot reach me. Let me live forever in your sanctuary, safe beneath the shelter of your wings.”  Psalm 61:1-4 NLT Based on a lifetime of study, military historian John Keegan […]

“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” Isaiah 26:3 NKJV Edward Bickersteth spent his life in ministry. Born in London in 1825, he became an influential church leader, serving as editor of the hymnal companion to the Church of […]

“Why do you boast in evil … Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit. You love evil more than good … God will break you down forever.” Psalm 52:1-5 NASB Saul arrived in Gibeah shortly after David had left. Saul challenged the men of the […]

“They asked, and he brought quail, and gave them bread from heaven in abundance. He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed through the desert like a river.””They asked, and he brought quail, and gave them bread from heaven in abundance. He opened the rock, and water gushed […]

“Why do you kick at My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded … and honor your sons more than Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My people?” 1 Samuel 2:29 NKJV Eli had been a dedicated priest, faithfully serving God […]