God of the Heavens
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was launched January 19, 2006. On July 14, 2015, it passed Pluto and its moons. Pluto is 31.94 Astronomical Units (AU) from Earth. One AU is the average distance...
View ArticleWisdom From Above
James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. NKJV But the wisdom that...
View ArticleStumble…Stumbling…A Stumbling Block
I have stumbled many times in the physical sense…as a child, I ran faster than my legs could go, tripping over things; as a teen, I would be busy talking, a curb attacked me which I never saw coming;...
View Article“Fell to the Ground”
Fall may be in the air for some. I am a bit too low in the hemisphere to have it yet, but soon…soon. Falling is what I am writing about today. Not the kind where I fell because I tripped or lost my...
View ArticleSovereign God Reigns
And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the...
View ArticleHe Who Is Sovereign
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, to keep the commandment unstained and free...
View ArticleSecret
The secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him, And He will make them know His covenant. Psalm 25:14 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “For the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the...
View ArticleUnsearchable
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! Romans 11:33 ἀνεξεραύνητος anexeraunētos not searched out, i.e. (by...
View ArticleSimeon Waiting
Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. Luke 2:25 παράκλησις...
View ArticleAnna Comes
And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin, and then as a widow...
View ArticleExpectant (One Word — 2015 — in review)
Scripture: And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. The earth produces...
View ArticleCommit — One Word 2016
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will act. Psalm 37:5 גָּלַל galal a primitive root; to roll (literally or figuratively):—commit, remove, roll (away, down, together), seek occasion,...
View ArticleIt Shall Not Return Empty
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,…” Isaiah 55:10 זָרַע...
View ArticleThe Mystery
μυστήριον mystērion from a derivative of μύω mýō (to shut the mouth); a secret or “mystery” (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites):—mystery Mystery… something that is...
View ArticleRooted
May we spend time out of this weekend in quiet contemplation of You, Father, Your Word, Your Love. May we grow in You and be firmly rooted in You, that we would be pleasing to You in all ways. Amen....
View ArticleSheep and Shepherds
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:1 רָעָה ra`ah shepherd to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to...
View ArticleCast Down — Sheep and Shepherds
שָׁחַח shachach to sink or depress:—bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, crouch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop If a sheep falls over, they have a very difficult time getting back up on...
View ArticleThirst – Sheep and Shepherds
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. Psalm 23:2 “Water determines the vitality, strength, and vigor of the sheep and is essential to its health and general...
View ArticlePermission
“Mommy, please let me go to Suzie’s house to spend the night.” “Daddy, can I have this toy?” “Mr. Jones, I would like your permission to go on the field trip.” How often have you heard questions such...
View ArticleUnite My Heart, O LORD
Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. Psalm 86:11 יָחַד yachad to be (or become) one:—join, unite Reading this Psalm recently, the first word of the...
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