Put Your Hope in God

Put Your Hope in God

Put Your Hope in God “Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 43:5 If you read Psalms 42 and 43 this week’s verse will likely catch your attention because it...
Pursuing Purity

Pursuing Purity

Pursuing Purity “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge...
Prone to Wander

Prone to Wander

Prone to Wander “With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!” Psalm 119:10 I became a Christian as a young boy, but I really got serious about following the Lord during my sophomore year in college. And as a dedicated follower of...
Priestly Responsibility

Priestly Responsibility

Priestly Responsibility “The priests are to perform my service in such a way that they do not become guilty and die for treating it with contempt. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.” Leviticus 22:9 You may read the verse above and ask, “What has that got to do with...
Press On

Press On

Press On “Only let us live up to what we have already attained.”  Philippians 3:16  The verse above can help us have the right perspective as we approach the future and as we endeavor to live effectively today. It’s an exhortation from the Apostle Paul and...
Pray with Great Expectations

Pray with Great Expectations

Pray with Great Expectations “I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.” Psalm 17:6 The Bible is replete with declarations of confidence that when we pray, we’re not just talking to the air, but rather we’re opening a...