You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Psalm 23:5a  1. HE PROVIDES IN EVERY SITUATION. Imagine you are sitting at a dinner table surrounded by enemies, yet the Lord comes and prepares a meal for you. I have seen examples of this while helping people in war zones,…

Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10b  1. JOY COMES FROM A DEEP AWARENESS OF GOD’S GOODNESS. God is talking to people who were grieved because they realized how far they had fallen and how amiss they were from walking in God’s Word. Yet…

I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. John 15:5  1. WE THRIVE WHEN WE ARE CONNECTED TO OUR CREATOR. Jesus is using the imagery of us being the branches…

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: 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 meditate in His temple.Psalm 27:4 1. THE MEANING OF MEDITATION. This verse shows King…

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: 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 meditate in His temple.Psalm 27:4 1. TAKE TIME TO CONTEMPLATE. “Behold” – châzâh in Hebrew –…

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: 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 meditate in His temple.Psalm 27:4 1. FOCUS ON THE ONE THING. Anytime the Bible…

Therefore if anyone is  in Christ,  this person is  a new  creation;  the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.2 Corinthians 5:17 NASB 2020 1. YOU ARE SAVED. Christianity is not just another world religion or a bunch of formal religious duties. It is a divine rescue. Colossians 1:13…

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been…

In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith (by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting…

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. Romans 8:2   1. JESUS TOOK THE STING FOR US. I heard a story about a man driving in a car with his son. The windows were open as they drove on a beautiful spring…